Campus Notes

This section is dedicated solely to students in the UK, who are working towards horticultural/ landscape/ garden design qualifications. If your College/ University has any news they would like to add to these pages, please contact editor@recklessgardener.co.uk

Latest News 2008

Harrogate Spring Flower Show

Bishop Burton College New College Garden Design area proves big draw at Harrogate

News 2007

• Surrey College graduate celebrates major prize in National Garden Design Awards
• Surrey College Launches Second Garden Design Course

RHS Hampton Court Palace Biodiversity theme for college designers at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

• Landscape and Horticulture Skills win support at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
• Garden Experts to tackle green issues in lecture series at West Dean College

RHS Chelsea Flower Show In what is believed to be a first for Chelsea, a Cambridge college will have a garden at this year's show

2006

RHS Tatton Park Flower Show Finchale Training College achieves its objective with an awarded Silver medal in the Back-to-Back Garden category.

Royal Welsh Show A Neath Port Talbot College student beats off stiff competition to design the winning garden of the year.

RHS Hampton Court Flower Show Hadlow College's CaCo3 award winning show garden - had an important story to tell. More details .....

• Hadlow College - Following on from their success at RHS Hampton Court, Hadlow College were awarded a gold medal in the courtyard garden category, at the Kent County Agricultural Show. More details .....

RHS Tatton Park Flower Show College designers demonstrate how we can minimise on environmental impact.

RHS Hampton Court Flower Show College Designers Bring Fresh Inspiration to the 2006 show.....

• Southport Flower Show - Mature students Helen Schaffer and Paul Richards both from Myerscough College, have each won the Southport Flower Show Garden Design Competition.

• BBC Gardeners' World 2006

Campus Designers Future designers, horticultural students and landscape architects make a big impact at the BBC Gardeners' World.

Student Show Garden Gallery A selection of show garden designs, taken from BBC Gardeners' World

(Picture above - Students from Nottingham Trent: Chris Trafford, Jon Wright and Matt Keightley BA Course Design & Development Landscape Interiors.)

Archive News

• APRIL - Green-fingered students to benefit from changes to RHS qualifications

Banner top 'Towards the 22nd Century' - Show Garden designed by BA (Hons) Design Development Landscape and Interiors second year students)