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/