Landscape & Urban Design Issue 17 2016 | Page 14

Growing Ambitions – Squire’s & The Royal Horticultural Society Encourage Children To Consider A Career In Horticulture Squire’s Garden Centres have joined forces schools across Surrey, Middlesex & Greater Each school team presented their ideas at with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) London. a final assessment day in December at RHS to create a programme to get secondary Wisley. Prizes were awarded for: school children into gardening, and to The schools had 2 projects to choose from: • Best Teamwork - Surbiton High School change their perceptions about a career in ‘Creating a School Garden’ or ‘Growing • Most Innovative - Notre Dame School, horticulture. Your Community Garden’. Each team was allocated a mentor from either Squire’s The “Secondary School Challenge” scheme Garden Centres or RHS Wisley to help them was launched last September, and over 70 plan, develop and design their ideas. children aged 12-15 have taken part from 14 Landscape & Urban Design Issue 16 17 Lingfield • Pupil’s Choice - Sir William Perkins School, Chertsey • Be