Provender Nurseries wins Inspirational Business Award

Accredited Supplier Provender Nurseries wins the prestigious Inspirational Business Award at the Horticultural Trade Associations Grower of the year Awards 2024.  

Richard McKenna says,

"To win such an accolade in the company of industry professionals is the culmination of hard work from our team at Provender Nurseries.  I could not be prouder of how we work together to bring Provender forward and continue to grow as a company for our team and our customers.

The application for the Inspirational Business Award covered our biosecurity policy, being Plant healthy certificated, introducing new plants to the trade supply chain such as Taxus Renke’s Little Green,  introducing our Going Green range, working closely with industry bodies and local charities and in June of this year, being granted Control Point status.

As a business, every decision we make going forward has an impact.  It is all about balance; staff, environment and customers are all of equal importance and we work towards a positive balance for all involved."

Feedback from the judging panel includes, 'A company that is truly inspirational and forward thinking, sharing their journey and welcoming all to see the Nursery and how they do business, the nursery is highly organised and spotless clean, they are truly trailblazing and lifting the bar on process and accountability, they should be congratulated on the work they have done on Plant Healthy. As a cash and carry operation they are doing amazing things. Certainly connecting all the dots with the wider amenity and landscape markets'.