CountryLife Dove Hill & Fethard A Blooming Success!
The management and staff at local garden centre CountryLife Dove Hill are celebrating after receiving a four-star accreditation at the National Amenity Horticulture Quality Awards which took place in Dublin last weekend.
The Bord Bia-organised initiative recognises and awards the top horticulture businesses in the country and their dedication to achieving the highest standards of operation. Garden Centres across Ireland were audited and scored on a list of criteria, including; plant range and quality; customer service; local promotion; customer information and overall ambience. In their citation, the judges
Robert Keogh (Operations Manager), Gillian Regan (Branch Manager) and Malachy Doherty (Head Horticulturist) from Glanbia’s CountryLife garden centre in Dove Hill are pictured celebrating their success after receiving a four-star accreditation at the National Amenity Horticulture Quality Awards which took place in Dublin last weekend. The Bord Bia-organised initiative recognises and awards the top horticulture businesses in the country and their dedication to achieving the highest standards of operation. Garden Centres across Ireland were audited and scored on a list of criteria, including; plant range and quality; customer service; local promotion; customer information and overall ambience. A second Tipperary CountryLife store, CountryLife Fethard, was awarded three-star status for its high standards of customer service and product range.
praised “the high quality infrastructure, commitment to plants & gardening and friendly, helpful team” at CountryLife Dovehill
A second Tipperary CountryLife store, CountryLife Fethard, was awarded three-star status for its high standards of customer service and product range. In particular, the judges praised its “excellent housekeeping standards, attention to detail and enthusiastic team”.
Glanbia’s CountryLife garden centres represented almost one-third of the horticulture businesses awarded on the night – a total of 11 out of 36 winners – to have successfully achieved the standards set out by Bord Bia’s Quality Assurance Programme. CountryLife Dove Hill was one of four CountryLife garden centres in the network to win four-star status at the National Amenity Horticulture Quality Awards – a 100% increase on last year – while Fethard was one of seven more CountryLife garden centres awarded three-star status.
Commenting on the achievement, Senan Foley, Head of Retail, Glanbia said, “CountryLife is seven years in operation and we entered the National Amenity Horticulture Awards for the first time in 2010. To have taken home so many awards on the night is a reflection the high quality of retail standards and the dedication to customer service from all our people throughout the CountryLife network. We’re thankful to our customers for their continuing loyalty and support”
James Byrne, Retail Marketing Manager, Glanbia Agri Business added, “To have doubled our number of four-star CountryLife centres in a year and to take home DIY Garden Centre of the Year for the third successive year is a huge achievement”.
CountryLife garden centres, a division of Glanbia Agribusiness, comprises a network of 17 branches, including 11 award-winning garden centres, located across the southeast. CountryLife has recently launched an online garden centre at www.countrylife.ie