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