{"id":66983,"date":"2017-08-02T13:41:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T12:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=66983"},"modified":"2017-08-02T13:44:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T12:44:33","slug":"rhs-students-grow-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/rhs-students-grow-success\/","title":{"rendered":"RHS students grow their own success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-slideshow av-av_slideshow-5edb3aac88bf58f0863f6ab4c6f32112 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 37.5%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-av_slideshow-5edb3aac88bf58f0863f6ab4c6f32112__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-66985 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-66985\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/RHS-L2-students-potato-show-SLIDER.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"267\" title='RHS L2 students potato show SLIDER' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/RHS-L2-students-potato-show-SLIDER.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/RHS-L2-students-potato-show-SLIDER-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/RHS-L2-students-potato-show-SLIDER-710x267.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/RHS-L2-students-potato-show-SLIDER-705x264.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/RHS-L2-students-potato-show-SLIDER-450x169.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) students were feeling chipper after taking part in Reaseheath\u2019s First Early Potato Show, held in our Centre for Horticulture, the Environment and Sustainable Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty seven RHS Level 2 Practical students demonstrated their skills at growing the world\u2019s favourite root vegetable \u2013 and were rewarded with praise from one of the county\u2019s top vegetable judges.<\/p>\n<p>The students, who attend college one day a week, learn practical horticultural techniques which include how to successfully sow and plant vegetables and how to prepare them for exhibition. Course Manager Anne Harrison hopes that their new knowledge will encourage the students to support the fruit and vegetable shows run within their local communities.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty different cultivars of first early potatoes, some old varieties and some new, were on show. All had been grown on plots on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The competition was judged by Derek Jones of Malpas, a well known vegetable exhibitor, judge, horticulturist and historian. He explained: \u201cI was looking for four potatoes which were equally matched in shape, size and colour. They had to be of good quality, of uniform shape, well prepared and typical of the variety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a real test of gardening skills and the students did exceptionally well, particularly as the growing conditions haven\u2019t been ideal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RHS Master of Horticulture Harry Delaney supported the show and presented the prizes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best in Show Phaedra Hardstaff (Ulster Sceptre)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> Phaedra Hardstaff (Ulster Sceptre)<\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Patricia Shuler (Rocket)<\/p>\n<p>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Joy Ryder (Swift)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ist Hannah Bird (Casablanca)<\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Jennifer Quinlan (Maris Bard)<\/p>\n<p>3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0 Debbie Holden (Colleen)<\/p>\n<p>Around 100 part-time students gain RHS qualifications at Reaseheath each year. The students, who travel in from as far as North Wales, Merseyside and Lancashire, include professional horticulturists, career changers and leisure gardeners.<\/p>\n<p>Reaseheath is an RHS training and examination centre and offers theory and practical qualifications at Levels 2 and 3. A high proportion of students complete both the Level 2 practical and theory qualifications, which combine into the well recognised L2 Diploma in Horticulture.<\/p>\n<p>As well as learning traditional skills, students are introduced to the latest technology in food production and plant growing techniques and also enjoy visits to nationally acclaimed gardens.<\/p>\n<p>For further details on RHS courses visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/adult-learners\/courses-available\/rhs-courses\">www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/adult-learners\/courses-available\/rhs-courses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) students were feeling chipper after taking part in Reaseheath\u2019s First Early Potato Show, held in our Centre for Horticulture, the Environment and Sustainable Technology.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":66987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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