Awards and Accolades
Suttons Seeds is committed to providing total quality and service excellence. We constantly strive to not only meet, but to exceed our customers' expectations – but don’t just take our word for it, below are just a few of our recent awards...
GIMA (July 2011)
Suttons Seeds 'For Your Space' collection won Best Growing Product at the 2011 GIMA Awards.
GIMA (July 2010)
Suttons Seeds 'Turbo Veg Grafted Plants' won Best Growing Product at the 2010 GIMA Awards.
Which? Gardening 'Triple' Best Buy for Tomatoes F1 Tomato Lizzano, Tumbler & Red Alert (March 2012)
Suttons Seeds Tomatos 'F1 Lizzano', 'Tumbler' & 'Red Alert' were awarded a Which? Gardening Best Buy for their early cropping and good crop of sweet fruits. Lizzano particularly, showed to have a good spread and resisted some Blight.
Which? Gardening Best Buy Cornflower Classic Fantastic (Jan 2012)
Suttons Seeds Cornflower 'Classic Fantastic' was selected as a recommended variety.
Which? Gardening Best Buy Sweetcorn (July 2011)
Suttons Seeds ‘Swift’ Sweet Corn was awarded a Which? Gardening Best Buy for its early maturing, producing decent sized crops (180-230g) and having the best taste and sweetness. 19 varieties were tested and included many of the newest type of sweet corn (extra tender sweet varieties) and some of the latest super-sweet varieties.
Which? Gardening Best Buy Radish (June 2011)
Suttons Seeds Radish 'Jolly' was awarded a Which? Gardening Best Buy for its reliability and quick cropping. 14 Radish varieties were tested and were sown direct into the soil. It gave the largest number of small, uniform roots that remained crisp even after being left in the ground for a week longer than recommended.
Which? Gardening Best Buy Spring Onion (June 2011)
Suttons Seeds Spring Onion 'Apache' was awarded a Which? Gardening Best Buy for its quick and large cropping. 12 Spring Onion varieties were tested and were sown direct into the soil. The bulbs produced are bright red in colour and if left in the ground for longer they could be used in cooking.
Which? Gardening Best Buy Sweet Peppers (February 2011)
Suttons Seeds ‘Magno’ Grafted Sweet Pepper Plant was awarded a Which? Gardening Best Buy for having the highest ripe yield. Pitted against 18 other varieties, it was highly praised for its heavy crops and the superb quality of fruits produced.
Which? Gardening Best Buy Seed Brand (October 2010)
The top ten seed brands were tested by Which? Gardening members and the top ten most popular vegetables and flower varieties assessed. Scores were based on how well seeds germinated, the quality of the packet instructions and survey respondents’ ratings for variety, choice, descriptions and value for money, taken into account. Suttons Seeds was awarded Best Buy Seed brand!
Which? Gardening Best Buy SpeedyVeg (May 2010)
Consumer magazine Which? Gardening tested Suttons Seeds ‘SpeedyVeg’ to ensure these seeds live up to their name; and they did! Which? Gardening stated that Suttons Seeds SpeedyVeg is ‘Spot on’.
- 1st Place: Radish ‘Jolly’
- 2nd Place: Turnip ‘Atlantic’
- 3rd Place: Lettuce ‘Lollo Rossa’
Which? Gardening Best Buy Tomato for Outdoor Growing (April 2010)
Suttons Seeds Tomato ‘Orkado F1’ came out top as the best outdoor growing tomato! The variety was subject to rigorous tests that determined its strength of flavour, texture and appearance, as well as the all important juiciness, skin thickness, colour and shape.
Which? Gardening Best Buy for Informative Packets (October 2009)
17 seed suppliers were tested, with Suttons Seeds coming out top for our impressively high seed germination and quality of instructions on packets. Suttons Seeds catalogue and website were also praised in the tests for their wealth of helpful advice and photographs.
Gardeners World Awards 2009
Voted for by the gardening public, Suttons received top rankings in the following categories;
- Favourite Online / Mail Order Supplier
- Best for Service
- Best For Choice
- Best For Quality
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Suttons Seeds is the only UK seed company to have achieved the ISO9001:2000 International Quality Standard award across ALL its business operations!
Investors In People
Suttons Seeds has held the Investors In People award since 1996, the national standard for staff training, communication and involvement. Suttons strives to run the business ever-more efficiently to meet our customer needs, and investment in staff, equipment and processes enables us to be better placed to do that.
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Holders of the Royal Warrant - as suppliers to the Royal British households
Total commitment to both quality and service excellence has been the key to Suttons Seeds remarkable history. We are privileged to have held the prestigious Royal Warrant since 1858 and still supply seeds to several Royal households today.
Suppliers to Wimbledon Tennis Club
Since 1922 Suttons Seeds have been the official supplier of lawn seed to Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club and its world famous championship tennis courts.
