Jo Georgiou, owner of The Ark, Stoke Newington, London, reveals her store’s hot sellers.

Jo Georgiou of The Ark; Linda Bygrave of Celebrations and Kathy Starr of Gifted share their ‘report cards’.

Window displays, community initiatives and personalised events add to the festivities

Stuart Delahoy of Set, Leicester is gutted that he just tipped over the threshold

Buyers from multiples, indie specialists, department stores, garden centres, bookshops scrutinised the 9,000+ designs submitted