In 2009, leading consumer garden magazine Garden News and gardening trade publication, Horticulture Week, join the competition’s sponsor Briggs & Stratton and The Sun to find Britain’s Best Park.

The Sun is Britain’s most popular tabloid newspaper, read by over half the UK population. Peter Seabrook, gardening editor from The Sun is one of the judges on the panel for this year’s competition. Briggs & Stratton and The Sun have built a strong partnership since the launch of Britain’s Best Parks in 2003, and the launch of the competition and the overall winner was featured in the newspaper.

Horticulture Week is the most authoritative publication in the horticulture industry. The leading weekly business title for all horticulture professionals, it is read by commercial and retail nurseries, garden centres and local authorities. Matthew Appleby, editor of Horticulture Week, is also a judge for the competition.