Introducing the 'Tour de Yorkshire' - Tuesday 21st January

 

The Horticulture & Landscape Industries department will be hosting it's very first (hoping to become annual) Skills Day. The "Tour de Yorkshire" event includes a visit from the RHS's Director of Horticulture, Jim Gardiner, who is also a former Askham Bryan College student, and the renowned television gardener and broadcaster, David Domoney.

On Tuesday 21 January, students will be busy constructing show gardens at the College under the theme “Tour de Yorkshire” which David and Jim will help judge. This is to link in to the world famous Tour de France cycle race which starts from the county in July. In addition, arboriculture students will be chainsaw carving sculptures to feature in the gardens and floristry students will be creating wall plaques for the fence panels. Also, the northern heat for the prestigious Young Horticulturalist of Year award, run by the Institute of Horticulture, will take place.

The timetable features talks, workshops and practical demonstrations from industry partners including Makita, Marshall’s, the RHS, and the Institute of Horticulture.

Liz Philip, Principal said: “This will be a wonderful opportunity for our students, past and present, to learn first-hand from two of the industry's leading experts, Jim Gardiner from the Royal Horticultural Society, and TV landscaper David Domoney. It will certainly be a day to remember.”

Former horticulture students are urged to get in touch so they can also attend the event. For more details or to attend, please contact Tamsin Hullah on 01904 772308 tamsin.hullah@askham-bryan.ac.uk:

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-