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:
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Best Teamwork - Surbiton High School
change their perceptions about a career in
‘Creating a School Garden’ or ‘Growing
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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
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Lingfield
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Pupil’s Choice - Sir William Perkins
School, Chertsey
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Be