Hillier Nurseries Celebrates Triple Win at International Horticulture Awards

Hillier Nurseries is celebrating an outstanding achievement after winning three prestigious awards at this year’s AIPH International Horticultural Industry Awards, including the highly sought-after title of International Grower of the Year.

The family-run nursery also scooped awards for Best Finished Plants and Trees and for its commitment to sustainability, marking a landmark moment for the Hampshire-based business and its dedicated teams.

Recognised by an international panel of industry experts, the awards celebrate excellence, innovation and best practice across global horticulture. Judges praised Hillier Nurseries for its long-term commitment to plant quality, forward-thinking innovation and sustainable nursery practices, highlighting the company’s leadership and influence across the horticultural and landscape sectors.

The International Grower of the Year accolade is regarded as one of the highest honours in global horticulture, recognising growers who consistently demonstrate excellence across all areas of their operation. Hillier’s additional wins further reflect its focus on producing high-quality plants and trees, while continually investing in more sustainable - ways of growing for the future - from reducing environmental impact to championing responsible nursery practices.

These awards add to Hillier’s long history of horticultural excellence and reinforce its reputation as one of the UK’s most respected growers, trusted by gardeners, landscapers and garden centres alike.

For Hillier, the triple win is not just a celebration of success today, but a reflection of decades of expertise, passion and care for plants, and a commitment to growing greener for generations to come.

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“To inspire the creation of green living spaces for now and the future” Hillier is one of the leading names in the horticultural industry, with 160 years of growing and retail experience.

Founded in 1864 by Edwin Hillier, the company remains a family-run nursery with the fifth generation now actively involved in the family business as it continues to grow.

Not only is Hillier the largest producer of semi-mature trees in Europe and grower of over one million plants at its Hampshire nursery, but it also employs over 750 staff across its nursery, amenity trees and 22 garden centre divisions and is a flourishing multi-million pound company. It proudly holds the world record for the most consecutive gold medals awards at the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show, with 74 wins.

As one of the leading growers in the UK, Hillier is involved in many peat-free initiatives, including the RHS Peat-Free Fellowship, the largest peat-free collaborative research project globally. The company was amongst the first nurseries to become 100% peat-free across both its production nursery and retail garden centres, and all Hillier plants are grown in peat-free compost.

Recent successes for the company include the launch of its online shop, the substantial redevelopment of Hillier Garden Centre Newbury and the acquisition of the Rosebourne Garden Centre Group in November 2022, as well as sponsorship of BBC Gardeners’ World Live and BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair, and the incredibly popular free ‘Hillier Gardening Club’ loyalty program which now has over half a million members.

Renowned for being a leading breeder of plants in the UK at its 100% peat-free nursery in Hampshire, each year Hillier introduces amazing new varieties. Many of these have become essentials in British gardens and the company continues with the tradition of innovation and the introduction of new garden plants in the present day.