manufacturers and the students, we are also upskilling our department and learning new skills to improve the environment and our teaching abilities. This includes a safer environment for the students and others to work in. For the students our aim is always to improve on the year before and become the best in our field.” Students are also given the opportunity
to represent the college in national competitions, including the UK Skills
develop their skills, often training intensively, but always at their own speed so they are comfortable and gain confidence in their abilities.” “The competition has evolved over time, with teams varying in numbers from two to four students. Last year, Hartpury entered a team of just two students - their aim, to build a garden in just twenty-two hours over three days. Hartpury’s team finished a very respectable fourth place in the national final at the Malvern Autumn show and was the only English college team there. It was also the first time the college had reached a major event final. This year the competition is taking a different route again - one student will demonstrate their skill on disciplines such as planting, turfing, timber work, paving and walling.”
Hanging baskets are prepared by the students to help with fund raising for the local school
Challenge. This is a landscape competition that is open for students to show off the skills they have learned. Over the last seven years I have been involved with the teams at Askham Bryan College and Hartpury College. It’s been fascinating to work with them and
“In addition, we have also sent a student to Askham Bryan College for a training week, where
his skills and potential for being in the British Landscaping team will be assessed. The college is also assisting several students in this year’s competition.” “We are also supporting students who will be under the age of 21 in 2011 who
are good enough to be selected for the British training camps, as they are fixing their targets on 2011 London World Skills Landscape competition - as large an event that any young student could wish for in the landscape industry.” “Last year, the First Diploma Horticulture students were working with the grounds team on the bedding programme at the College. This involved growing from seed and cuttings from the bedding around the main Hartpury House, and creating large bedding displays around the college and equine areas, which included planting around the buildings and on the ten-mile cross- country course. This will enhance such events as the Festival of Dressage and the Hartpury Horse Trials.” “Foundation Studies students also help the department with preparing hanging baskets for the grounds and for the local village school, which they sell to help with their fund raising activities. To date, the College has helped to raise over £500 on two projects including summer and Christmas baskets, and we hope to continue with the project again this year, getting the school pupils to start the ball rolling and sow the first batches of seed.” “Hartpury is a lively, happening place and I am very proud of what my team and I have achieved over, what is, a relatively short space of time. The grounds are extensive and we are aiming to change the landscape to suit our needs and then maintain them to an extremely high standard.”
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