GREEN-FINGERED staff at Webbs of Wychbold are celebrating continued success after being officially named the best garden centre in the Midlands.

The family-owned firm also beat around 200 other garden retailers to retain its position among the top 15 garden centres in the UK.

The awards have just been announced after a rigorous inspection by judges from The Garden Centre Association (GCA) - the organisation representing the best garden retailers in Britain.

As well as the garden centre of excellence and best garden centre honours, Webbs scooped ten merit awards for outstanding performance by staff in a wide range of categories, including houseplants, landscapes and garden buildings.

Managing director Ed Webb said: "All the staff are delighted to win such prestigious awards. We have won many prizes over the years and everyone at Webbs works extremely hard to ensure we remain among the top garden centres in the whole of the UK and the best in the Midlands."

Webbs, which sold 500,000 plants last year, has won more than 20 top awards in the last ten years ensuring it is consistently one of the top garden centres in the country.

Work has just started on a £5m expansion project which will add an extra 62,000 sq ft of new covered retail space - trebling the existing area and making Webbs one of the largest independent garden centres in the UK.

With 250 staff and over a million visitors a year Webbs is the biggest garden centre in the Midlands and a major local employer.