Wildest Fruit Plant Range WINNER: Ken Muir

Ken Muir is one of the largest UK mail order fruit stockists and offers a vast range of fruit trees, canes and more unusual fruits. We pride ourselves on providing clear and concise cultural instructions and include a free copy of our 194-page full colour handbook ‘Grow Your Own Fruit' with all tree, cane and vine orders over £30.00. All our fruit stocks carry a six month guarantee and are certified so you can always be confident that they are of the highest quality, and with our ongoing after-sales advisory service you can be sure of success.

Wildest Fruit Plant Range RUNNER UP: Victoriana

Victoriana Nursery Gardens have been growing plants and seeds for over fifty years. With a family tree that traces back to seed merchants in the 1700's, the Shirley family opened their first nursery in 1958 and moved to Challock in Kent, where they are now based, in 1963. The business is run nowadays by their son Stephen, his wife and two small children and their aim is grow everything the way nature intended.
From fuchsias to fruit trees, hedging plants to herbs, Victoriana Nursery Gardens have everything you need to create the perfect garden. With specialist plants for ponds, medicinal and healing plants, vegetable and herb seeds and plants, grape vines and exotic fruits, soft and tree fruits; their range is far beyond your average nursery or garden centre.

Most Useful Raised Bed Kit WINNER: Link-a-bord

A raised bed means easy access to your vegetables and turns a huge allotment into manageable mini plots. The trouble is, building your own takes time and can be expensive.
This is why garden experts Link-a-Bord have come up with easy-build metre square beds, made from recycled uPVC, which look terrific and can be constructed in seconds - at a fraction of the cost of a wooden bed.
The secret of Link-a-Bord's success is its unique double-skin construction which insulates plant roots against the cold and retains moisture.
We have a good range to fit every growing space, from hanging baskets, window boxes, fruit planters, large vegetable planters, raised beds and giant composters.......... but with a difference, these are attractive and will enhance the look of your garden for years to come.

Most Useful Raised Bed Kit RUNNER UP: Veg-Table

Why toil in the ground when Veg-Table can bring gardening to your level!
With no digging required, preparing your vegetable plot has never been so easy. Veg-Table's unique table height and frame provides total strength and stability. Manufactured in the UK from pressure-treated PEFC wood, Veg-Tables are provided flat-packed and are easily assembled in your ideal location. Available in four sizes, including a junior size, Veg-Tables are supplied with a semi-permeable liner.
Help protect your crops from rabbits, slugs and even carrot fly!

Best Polytunnel Stockist WINNER: Premier Polytunnels

Premier Polytunnels are specialist designers, manufacturers and suppliers of polytunnels, polytunnel accessories and polythene covers.
With more than 25 years experience, Premier Polytunnels have used their expertise to bring you a stronger, more reliable, top quality polytunnel.
‘Premier’ polytunnels include:
- LARGER diameter steel hoops for strength and rigidity.
- THE UK's ONLY, NEW 5-layer Thermal Anti Drip polythene cover.
- WIDE doors to allow ample access.
- UNIVERSAL fixing brackets.
- Construction Advice Service, 7 days a week.
We would like your experience with us to be a friendly, trouble-free one, so just sit back and let us do the work!

Best Polytunnel Stockist RUNNER UP: Five Star Polytunnels

Five Star Polytunnels manufactures and supplies polytunnels in kit form, offering a friendly and helpful service to our would-be buyers and existing customers.
Our key intentions are to meet customer requirements, provide quality materials and service, and to have a product that is durable, easy to assemble and maintain.
Our design uses high tensile galvanised steel tubing so gives strength, rigidity and durability to the overall structure. The shape, together with quality materials and hoop spacing, govern the stability. The straight sides and good height make our polytunnels comfortable to work in, as well as providing more growing space.

Most Durable Brand of Tools WINNER: Bulldog Tools

Famously strong gardening tools – hand made by Bulldog’s skilled craftsmen
Bulldog Solid Forged Tools are made in Wigan, England. Our forge is the only one of its kind in the UK!
Making our tools in Britain means that we do not have to ship our materials around the world thus reducing our carbon footprint.
Bulldog Tools have been made using the same techniques for 230 years. Our skilled craftsmen take great pride in producing strong, durable and reliable tools. The blades on our spades are hand made from the strongest steel and the shafts are turned in our woodshop using the finest wood from sustainable sources.

Most Durable Brand of Tools RUNNER UP: Draper Tools

Draper Tools started out in 1919 and has been in the same family ever since, This level of family involvement would be rare in any other company of this size in the UK...... but then Draper Tools is no 'other company!'
Draper Tools continues to thrive on a mixture of inward investment, active support for the independent stockist striving for operational efficiency and all underpinned by the golden rule since 1919 - guaranteed quality. The current premises in Chandlers Ford has been added to considerably and has now reached a size of 400,000sq.ft. It is probably the largest stock of tools in one place in the UK.