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Work based Horticulture Tutor North West England

Preston, England
Joined July 2014
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The APL stressed that horticulture and landscaping must be included in the government’s definitions of green jobs and skills to inspire future generations. The government needs to recognise the value of the sector’s career opportunities, from early curriculum and apprenticeships.
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Good to work with Oldham College today on our health and wellbeing thankyou we really appreciated your hard work – at Southport, England
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We won a gold for GYO and are beautiful garden well done to all involved very proud – at Southport, England
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We had a great practical horticulture session yesterday at Buile Hill The Level 2 learners created a new orchard planting a selection of apple trees from Ordsall Hall @SalfordCouncil @OldhamCollege
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Today we started our Level 2 course in Practical Horticulture at Buile Hill Park. The first session was looking at garden design, Nick Atkinson joined us from Oldham College to give us the benefit of his experience. @OldhamCollege @SalfordCouncil
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The @worldskillsuk national finals are underway! 🎉 Oldham College hosts the Plumbing, Electrical Installation, Landscaping and Horticulture (Foundation) competitions. We'll be posting updates all this week, and you can watch the livestream here: ow.ly/UHHn50Q7rEj
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teapawt.net/southportflower/status… – at North West, England
One of our Show Gardens this year is by Grow Your Own, here's the amazing design 🌿 Click on the image and swipe for the description 👉 To see this garden at the show, buy tickets here: bit.ly/sfstickets
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Would you like to learn how to winter prune apple & pear trees to promote good tree health and fruit production? Head over to facebook.com/NorthernLily/ for details of our free training 🌳 @SupportSawn @OldhamCouncil @Oldham_Hour @LankellyChase
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Nick Atkinson retweeted
Love your soil on #WorldSoilDay2022 . Without a healthy soil we have nothing.@SoilAssociation – at Yarley Cross, England
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Free practical level 1 horticulture course on Fridays from the 10th of June, led by the @SalfordWildlife at Salford Quays, Ordsall Park & @PeelParkSalford. Get in touch for more details. @SalfordCVS @UoS_Sustain @FriendsPeel @OrdsallHall @USWSociety @MerseyRivers
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We have a free Horticultural training course! Get in touch if you'd like to know more information, places are limited @SalfordWildlife @SalfordCouncil @USWSociety @UoS_Sustain @FriendsPeel @salfordquays
Parks and outdoor spaces are crucial for our health + wellbeing - and they're also the setting for a rewarding career, through our Horticulture apprenticeship. 🍃 Get Oldham Growing asked 3 of our Horticulture apprentices, Des, Scott + Sam, what they like about the course. 1/4
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Grow Your Own with @SueJeffries5, a pro!
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Can’t wait to get stuck in amongst this amazing project at @IntactCentre on Monday 🤩🙌🏻 Donations for the garden will be very welcome Re-tweets hugely appreciated 🙏😄
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Congratulations to the gardening volunteers who successfully completed their final units on the City and Guilds Practical Horticulture Diplomas @OldhamCollege @NickNatkinson @PeelParkSalford @SalfordVRangers @SalfordCouncil @HeritageFundNW
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Today the gardening volunteers doing their Diploma successfully completed their edging and maintaining tools units. The Certificate vols continued with weeding the herbaceous boarders. @PeelParkSalford @SalfordWildlife @SalfordVRangers @OldhamCollege @HeritageFundUK
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Nick Atkinson retweeted
Fantastic opportunity for someone looking for a career in the Parks & Countryside sector. Please share greater.jobs/search-and-appl… @OldhamCollege @Lomas2Phil @NickNatkinson – at Oldham, England
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Nick Atkinson retweeted
LOCKDOWN CAN'T 'PARK' KIM AND MARK'S APPRENTICE AMBITIONS: WHILE lockdown has seen a boom in people tending their gardens, this type of work has continued as normal for @OldhamCollege’s Horticulture apprentices.  Two of these are Kim Seddon and Mark… dlvr.it/RYL83J
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It was nice to have our volunteer gardeners back again on Zoom doing their horticulture level 1 courses. This time the volunteers were learning about preparing ground for sowing, testing soil ph & fertilizer 🌺 @SalfordVRangers @SalfordCouncil @SalfordWildlife @HeritageFundUK
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