Ex-student Tom Longridge in the Press

Tom Longridge completed a Foundation Degree in Landscape & Garden Management with us from 2009 - 2011 and is now doing extremely well as Head Gardener of Beningbrough Hall in York.
Yesterday you may have seen him speaking on BBC's Look North about the fantastic trees that he looks after as part of his job.

You can read more about Tom in this article from today's York Evening Press
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10921443.National_Trust_trees_are_county_record_holders/

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