Participating schools & their mentors from Squire’s &
the RHS
•
Sir William Perkins School, Chertsey – mentored
by Tom Cardrick, Plant Area Manager at Squire’s
Woking
•
Notre Dame School, Lingfield (2 teams) – mentored
by Peter Mitchell, Assistant Centre Manager and
Mike Kelly, Plant Area Manager at Squire’s Crawley
•
Surbiton High School (2 teams) – mentored by Phil
Hadler, Plant Area Manager at Squire’s Long Ditton,
and Marc Andre, Bedding Department Head at
Squire’s Shepperton
•
Tiffin School, Kingston – mentored by Steven Guy,
Plant Area Assistant at Squire’s Twickenham
•
Bishop Wand, Sunbury – mentored by Louise
Jackson, Houseplant Department Head at Squire’s
Twickenham
•
Farnham Heath End School, Farnham – mentored
by Katie Bennalick, RHS Wisley Curatorial Team.
•
Bishop David Brown School, Woking – mentored
by Chris Young, RHS Community Outreach Advisor
for London
•
Wallington Girls School, Wallington – mentored by
Michele Coe-O’Brien, Retail Team Leader at RHS
Wisley Plant Centre
•
St Bede’s School, Redhill (2 teams) – mentored by
Michaela Freed, Senior Team Leader at RHS Wisley
Plant Centre and Lisa Waters from RHS Wisley
Curatorial Team.
The four winning schools were awarded
“The Secondary School Challenge is a
Sarah Squire (Squire’s Deputy Chairman)
a Raspberry Pi time-lapse photography
fantastic opportunity for children to work
commented “This programme has been
kit and gardening vouchers, whilst
with the RHS, which has some of the best
so successful that the RHS are considering
the children received a selection of
horticulturists in the world, and gain
launching similar projects in other parts
carnivorous and cactus plants to take
invaluable insight into the diversity and
of the country next year. We want to
home.
importance of the horticulture industry.”
encourage more secondary school
Kay Clark, RHS Community Outreach
"We chose to partner with Squire’s Garden
the horticultural industry really is, and to
Manager, said: “The RHS does a huge
Centres as they are passionate about
realise that there are fantastic and very
amount of work to ensure primary school
plants and about introducing horticulture
diverse career opportunities at companies
children have access to the educational
to young people – Squire’s staff have really
like Squire’s Garden Centres.”
and wellbeing benefits of horticulture.
helped ignite the children’s passion for
We are committed to school children,
gardening.”
children to become aware of how great
If you are interested in a career in
whatever their age, having access to
horticulture visit:
horticulture, and that is why we launched
www.squiresgardencentres.co.uk/careers
the Secondary School Challenge.”
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