MANKATO — Drummers Garden Center has bragging rights today, as more readers voted for the business than in any other sub-category of Shopping.

With 53 percent of the votes, Drummers was the clear first-place finisher in the Best Gardening Shop category. Hilltop Florist took first in Best Flowers for Special Events.

Readers had big decisions to make in a variety of other areas: Best Flowers for Special Occasions, Best Home Improvement Center, Best Place to Find a Wedding Gift and more.

Best Flowers for Special Events

• First place: Hilltop Florist & Greenhouse
• Second place: Hy-Vee Floral
• Third place: Drummers Floral
• Honorable mention: Becky’s Floral, Flowers by Jeanie

Best Furniture Store

• First place: Earl Johnson Furniture
• Second place: Ashley Furniture
• Third place: Rooms & Rest
• Honorable mention: Slumberland, New Ulm Furniture, Bedpost Furniture

Best Gardening Store

• First place: Drummers Garden Center
• Second place: Hilltop Florist & Greenhouse
• Third place: Edenvale Nursery
• Honorable mention: Lowe’s, Menards

Best Home Entertainment Store

• First place: Best Buy
• Second place: DeGrood’s Electronics & Appliances
• Third place: Meyer & Sons TV & Appliances
• Honorable mention: Karl’s TV & Appliance, Walmart

Best Jewelry Store

• First place: Exclusively Diamonds
• Second place: Williams Diamond Center
• Third place: Pattersons Jewelry
• Honorable mention: Julee’s Jewelry, St. Peter, Goodman’s

Best Place to Find a Wedding Gift

• First place: Target
• Second place: Herberger’s
• Third place: Content
• Honorable mention: Kohl’s, Pier One, Things Remembered

Best New Car Dealer

• First place: Snell Motors
• Second place: Heintz Toyota
• Third place: Mankato Motors
• Honorable mention: Luther Mankato Honda, Lager’s Chrysler World, Mankato Ford

Best Used Car Dealer

• First place: Snell Motors
• Second place: Mankato Motors
• Third place: S&S Motors
• Honorable mention: Heintz Toyota, Adam’s Auto Sales, Lager’s Chrysler

Best Women’s Clothes

• First place: Kohl’s
• Second place: Herberger’s
• Third place: TJ Maxx
• Honorable mention: Coldwater Creek, Sticks & Stones, Old Navy

Best Men’s Clothes

• First place: Kohl’s
• Second place: Tie between Matt J Graif Clothing and J. Long’s
• Third place: Herberger’s
• Honorable mention: Old Navy, American Eagle Outfitters

Best Home Improvement Center

• First place: Menards
• Second place: Lowe’s
• Third place: Home Depot
• Honorable mention: C&S Supply, Ace Hardware

Best Major Household Appliance Store

• First place: Sears
• Second place: DeGrood’s Electronics & Appliances
• Third place: Meyer & Sons TV & Appliances
• Honorable mention: Best Buy, Karl’s TV & Appliance, Walmart