Heritage and Conservation - Be a garden guardian
16 May 2011 | by Bethan Norris
Competition is fierce for jobs in historic gardens but trainee programmes help candidates gain vital experience, reports Bethan Norris.
Despite a raft of changes in the educational system, qualifications are still the best way to demonstrate competence, maintains Gavin McEwan.
Competition is fierce for jobs in historic gardens but trainee programmes help candidates gain vital experience, reports Bethan Norris.
Applying scientific expertise to horticultural concerns can solve pressing environmental and production problems, discovers Gavin McEwan.
Perennial has received its largest donation of £150,000 from the National Gardens Scheme.
Maintaining sports grounds, golf courses and parks to the standard expected by those who use them is hard but worthwhile work, finds Jack Shamash.
Improving skills benefits both staff and employers, stresses Gavin McEwan.
Coolings Garden Centre staff have received customised training from the National Skills Academy for Retail leading to a 50 per cent increase in sales in February 2011 compared to the previous year.
Training courses and professional advice offered as part of enhanced membership services.
Professional Gardeners Guild chairman Tony Arnold, head gardener at the University of Cambridge's Newnham College, has warned gardeners about the threat of skin cancer this spring.
John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance has taken on five work experience interns as part of the Government's extended work experience scheme.



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