{"id":45506,"date":"2015-04-09T10:22:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T09:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=45506"},"modified":"2015-04-09T14:04:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T13:04:26","slug":"growing-careers-in-horticulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/growing-careers-in-horticulture\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing careers in horticulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_45554\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45554\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Young-Horticulturalist-of-the-Year-Winner-with-Sarah-Hopkinson-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Young Horticulturalist of the Year regional winner with Reaseheath's Sarah Hopkinson\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Young-Horticulturalist-of-the-Year-Winner-with-Sarah-Hopkinson-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Young-Horticulturalist-of-the-Year-Winner-with-Sarah-Hopkinson-528x705.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Young-Horticulturalist-of-the-Year-Winner-with-Sarah-Hopkinson-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Young-Horticulturalist-of-the-Year-Winner-with-Sarah-Hopkinson.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Horticulturist of the Year regional winner with Reaseheath&#8217;s Sarah Hopkinson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Professional horticulturists, careers advisers, students and prospective students packed into Reaseheath\u2019s lecture theatre recently for first North West <a href=\"http:\/\/www.growcareers.info\/go\/aboutus\/\"><b>Grow Careers<\/b><\/a> event.<\/p>\n<p>The day commenced with an introduction to horticulture for career advisers by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horticulture.org.uk\/\"><b>Chartered Institute of Horticulture<\/b><\/a> Branch Chair, Sue Nicholas, followed by Reaseheath\u2019s Curriculum Area Manager, Sarah Hopkinson, who provided an insight in to the horticulture department\u2019s offering and the new Nation Centre for Food Futures at Reaseheath. The afternoon saw eight industry speakers from the design, landscaping, commercial production and management sectors of horticulture discuss their careers and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers included: multi RHS gold medalist designer Pip Probert; Phil Pearson from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apssalads.com\/\"><b>APS Salads<\/b><\/a> (the largest supplier of tomatoes to Tesco); Faye Steer, Deputy Head Gardener for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chatsworth.org\/\"><b>Chatsworth House<\/b><\/a>; Lee Webster from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelandscapegroup.co.uk\/\"><b>The Landscape Group<\/b><\/a> and former Reaseheath student Sue Beesley, who is also the owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluebellcottage.co.uk\/\"><b>Blue Cottage Gardens and Nursery<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The speakers highlighted a wide range of career opportunities within the horticulture industry, with many urging the keen audience to pursue a career in horticulture and fill the gaps in specialist knowledge and skills.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45515\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45515\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Grow-Careers-event-26th-March-2015-Sue-Beesley-RHS-alumnus-Blue-Bell-Cottage-Garden-Oweredit-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Sue Beesley shares her career journey through the horticulture industry\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Grow-Careers-event-26th-March-2015-Sue-Beesley-RHS-alumnus-Blue-Bell-Cottage-Garden-Oweredit-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Grow-Careers-event-26th-March-2015-Sue-Beesley-RHS-alumnus-Blue-Bell-Cottage-Garden-Oweredit-705x472.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Grow-Careers-event-26th-March-2015-Sue-Beesley-RHS-alumnus-Blue-Bell-Cottage-Garden-Oweredit-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Grow-Careers-event-26th-March-2015-Sue-Beesley-RHS-alumnus-Blue-Bell-Cottage-Garden-Oweredit.jpg 1017w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sue Beesley shares her career journey through the horticulture industry<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelandscapegroup.co.uk\/\">The Landscape Group<\/a><\/strong> actively promoted opportunities within their business including discussing their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelandscapegroup.co.uk\/graduates?mr=28875\"><b>Greener Graduate<\/b><\/a> programme &#8211; with many students registering their interest on the day!<\/p>\n<p>The Grow Careers event was organised in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIH) and was followed in the evening by the CIH Young Horticulturist of the Year competition regional final, hosted by the horticulture department.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>By Craig Bailey,\u00a0<\/b><i>Reaseheath Lecturer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/further-education\/courses\/horticulture\/\">Horticulture<\/a> and Course Manager <\/i><i>for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/higher-education\/courses\/horticulture\/gardenlandscapedesignfd\/\">FdSc Garden and Landscape Design<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional horticulturists, careers advisers, students and prospective students packed into Reaseheath\u2019s lecture theatre recently for first North West Grow Careers event. 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