Christmas Plants For Sale

Stuck for present ideas? We have a wide variety of festive plants for sale at the GreenHouse Shop. Great quality and very reasonably priced. Call in anytime Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm.

We are also offering a delivery service for staff who don't have time to visit the shop. Just e-mail your order to tamsin.hullah@askham-bryan.ac.uk
with your office location and your plants will be delivered direct to you on Thursday 19th December.

Plant List

Azalea

White = £10.80

 

Azalea

Pink = £6

 

 Cyclamen

(red, white, light pink, dark pink)

£2.88

 Rose (small)

£1.35

 

 Poinsettia (white)

£2.80

Poinsettia (extra large, red)

£8.50

 Poinsettia in Tree Candle holder pot

£17.50

 

Planted Bowls

£10

 

 Frosted Tree

Small = £4.80

Large = £8.40

 

Also available:

Poinsettia in decorative pot = £4.40

Kalanchoe (orange) = £4

Kalanchoe (white) in decorative pot = £8.50

Christmas Cacti = £1.70

Christmas Plant Sale

Get in the festive spirit and join us on Saturday 14th December, 10am - 4pm, for our Christmas Plant Sale. We'll be selling Christmas trees, wreathes and a wide selection of seasonal plants and displays - great present ideas. For more information, contact Tamsin on 01904 772308

Jamie Butterworth Hits the Headlines - again!

Our ex-student and rising celebrity gardener, Jamie Butterworth, has appeared in the press again. This time in the Financial Times on-line magazine. Jamie is described as an 'emerging star' and talks about his love of horticulture. To read the full article, click on the link below.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f0edcf64-51e8-11e3-8c42-00144feabdc0.html#slide0

RHS Horticulture Students help out the Phillipines Appeal

This week the Level 2 RHS Horticulture students from Harrogate held a 'yard sale' at the centre to raise money for the Philippines Appeal. They made a fantastic £363.  A massive Well Done to all involved.

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Plant Science teaching first for Askham Bryan College

A member of the horticulture teaching staff  has had a teaching resource published by the Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS) organisation.

Sarah Owen-Hughes (pictured above) was the first ever FE/HE College Lecturer to be invited to attend the prestigious Gatsby Plant Science Summer school this summer, along with 7 secondary school biology teachers, and 100 undergraduates. She has worked with FERA (Food & Environment Research Agency) at Sand Hutton, York over the summer to develop a 'CSI Plant' teaching resource to raise awareness of invasive plant pathogens across a broad range of subjects and levels, which is free for teachers all over the UK to download & use.

http://www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/1273-csi-trees-investigating-plant-pathogens-

Pears; from Flower to Fruit

An amazing time lapse video filled over 8 weeks showing the transformation of pear blossom to the fruit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttRgMj7PdQ&feature=youtu.be&a=&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4ttRgMj7PdQ%26feature%3Dyoutu.be%26a%3D&app=desktop

Foundation Degree Student Lands Dream Job

Huge congratulations go to Foundation Degree student Amanda Crawford who has recently been appointed as a Business Analyst at the world famous Royal Botanic Kew Gardens, London.
A fantastic success story for both Amanda and the Horticulture & Landscape Industries department.

Christmas Trees

 

 

It seems a bit early to be thinking about Christmas time but it'll be upon us before we know it!

As always, the GreenHouse shop will be selling Christmas trees. Prices as follows;

 

Nordman Fir non-drop                 5ft 8    £38     (rrp £52)

Nordman Fir non-drop class 2    5ft 8    £30     (rrp £46)

Fraser Fir non-drop                      5ft 8    £35     (rrp £52)

Spruce class 2                              5ft 5    £20     (rrp £28)

Potted Spruce                               3-4ft    £20     (rrp £30)

 

All sizes are approximate

 

As you can see, our prices are very reasonable compared to the big garden centres.

Stock will be limited so we advise reserving one in advanace. You can do this by ringing Tamsin on 01904 772308 or

e-mail tamsin.hullah@askham-bryan.ac.uk

 

Wreath prices to follow soon!



The GreenHouse Shop

We are lucky enough to have our very own mini-garden centre on site. The GreenHouse Shop (located in the glasshouses on the Horticuture department) is open every week day 9pm - 4pm.

 

We sell a wide variety of indoor and outdoor plants, gifts, flowers and supplies. We also have a large plant nursery with all sorts of shrubs and climbers. Our stock reflects the changing seasons so look out for Winter bedding and hanging baskets at the moment and Christmas trees, wreaths and planters coming soon.

 

With the help of our Floristy students we have recently completed a rennovation of the shop and it's now a lovely bright and airy place. Glasshouse Technician Aaron Hickman constructed the fantastic dresser and dressing table for displaying items.

 

whilst the students, Janet Newton-Storey (Glasshouse Technician) and Kate Pepper (Floristry tutor) got busy with the paint brushes turning old, worn out units into new display pieces for plants.

 

Our prices are VERY reasonable and our highly experienced technicians Aaron and Janet are on hand to offer any advice and guidance needed.

Please feel free to visit us in the shop anytime Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm. The shop is also open to the public so please spread the word to friends and family.

You can order bouquets through us and we can even cater for wedding and funeral flowers. Contact Tamsin Hullah (308) or Kate Pepper 307) for further details or e-mail tamsin.hullah@askham-bryan.co.uk

 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

Rasberry Pruning

We were invited by a local 'Pick Your Own' farm in Askham Bryan to see if our students would like some experience of pruning rasberry canes on a large scale.

The farm owner gave the students a demonstration and then left us to it.

 

Many rasberries pruned..............

 but still many more to go!
It was a great 'working in the industry' experience for the students and we're hoping to take another gorup there over the next couple of weeks.

Harvest Festival of Flowers

 
Our Floristry department was approached by Askham Bryan church to see if they could help with decorating the church and grounds in preparation for their Harvest Festival.

 

The Level 2 Diploma in Floristry students created some beautiful and imaginative Autumn-inspired displays including these fantastic pumpkins!

 

On Thursday they visited the church to install the decorations in preparation for the festival this Sunday. The church looked fantastic when they had finished and will be enjoyed by many people over the coming weekend.

Bouquets Galore!

Last week Floristry tutor Kate Pepper, along with the help of Glasshouse technicians Janet Newton-Storey, Aaron Hickman and Jo Untisz spent the day putting together 32 identical bouquets for a North Yorshire Coucil event that was being held at the College. The bouqets were to be presented to foster carers who had earned a 'long service' award for ther dedication to fostering. We wanted to make them look extra special as they were for such a worthwhile cause so chose bright cheery pinks complimented by zingy limes.

 

Aaron had never made a bouquet before and was very proud when he completed his first one!

 

As well as large orders like this, the floristry department can also make individual bouquets for special occasions. Just contact Tamsin on 01904 772308 or e-mail tamsin.hullah@askham-bryan.ac.uk with your requirements.

Ex-Horticulture Students Reunite

This weekend Askham Bryan College Horticulture from
40 years ago enjoyed re-visiting their old haunts during a tour of the campus by Horticulture & Landscape Industries Section Leader, David Campbell. 
A fantastic day was had by all. 

Askham Bryan College Gardening Club

Did you know the College has its very own Gardening Club? The club meets once a month on a Tueday at 7.30pm and is great for anyone who has an interest in the outdoors. There is a different expert speaker each month.TV gardener Matthew Wilson will be holding the special annual Geoffrey Smith Memorial Lecture on Tuesday 22nd October.

The club is open to anyone but students get special membership rates.

You can also welcome to attend talks as a non-member for £5 on the door.
For more information on the club please visit the website: www.abcgardeningclub.org.uk, e-mail anne.peter@ntlworld.com or telephone The Chairman on 01904 795059

More success for Jamie Butterworth

Jamie Butterworth who completed a Level 3 Diploma in Horticulture in July, is going from strength to strength and seems to be becoming a bit of a gardening celeb! Here's a recent BBC article featuring Jamie discussing his love of gardening and allotments: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23963575

Jamie has now started his dream job studying and working for the RHS at their Wisley garden.

Orchard Apples

The apples in our orchard are thriving this year due to the weather doing the right thing for once! The wet weather last year meant that what fruit there was was extremely small and rotted very quickly.
This year however, we have a bumper crop. Our apples (both cookers and eaters) are for sale from the main College reception and the GreenHouse Shop at the horticulture department.

Newly planted trees are doing well and we hope to add more varieties of apple, pear and plum in the coming year aswell as more soft fruits and some exciting nut trees.

British Geological Survey Fantastic FREE Soil App

mySoil is a new free smartphone app from the BGS and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
mySoil lets you take a soil properties map of Britain with you wherever you go, helping you learn about the soil beneath your feet.
And with your phone's GPS you'll know exactly where you are.
Soil information for Europe is also now included.

For more information got to: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mysoil/

Sucess for Askham Bryan Sports Turf Student

Sports Turf Student Ben Burrill has been given the opportunity to work at the prestigious USGA open at Merion, Pennsylvania. The course has been in the news recently due to torrential thunderstorms. It's a fantastic opportunity for Ben and a success story for his tutors.

You can see short clip of Ben discussing his work in the following video 

 

http://www.usopen.com/en_US/video/index.html

 

 

Potato Blight Research

Scientists have identfied the cause of the Irish Potato Famine of 1845.

Read more here

Congratulations to Horticulture Student Jamie Butterworth

 

A young Askham Bryan Level 3 Extended Diploma Horticulture student is making a splash at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Jamie Butterworth (18) was invited to assist in the Gold medal award winning Hillier's stand in the Great Pavillion this year. Jamie also made time to record some pieces for BBC Radio 4's Gardener's Question Time, and met his hero Alan Titchmarsh.

This September, Jamie is due to start an illustrious RHS apprenticeship at RHS Wisley.  John Hillier was so impressed with Jamie's enthusiasm and hard work that he has already booked Jamie to work with him at Chelsea next year, to the disappointment of the RHS team!

The photos show Jamie with Horticulture tutor Sarah Owen-Hughes's son Toby. Toby has won the RHS Young School Gardener of the Year and attended the Press Day at Chelsea along with Jamie and Sarah. A future student in the making!