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Gardening for good
Ching Shun, Chris, James, Jo, Marina, and Paul, some of our RHS Practical Horticulture Level 2 students here at Winterbourne, are taking part in the ‘Beautiful Borders’ competition at Gardeners’ World Live this year. The competition will see them put into practice some of the skills they have learnt over the course, and they are using it…
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A day in the life of a trainee gardener
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a trainee gardener? Gardener Fumiko tells all about her time as a WRAGS trainee at Winterbourne. 2020 was a year of reflection. 2021 was a year of working and studying. 2022 turned out to be a year of many changes. So many changes! Having spent the last sixteen…
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Become a self-employed gardener
Hello, I’m Denise Mallen and my career change into becoming a self-employed Gardener. I started in September 2019 with my first RHS course at Winterbourne Centre for Horticulture. It was the Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture and the reason I enrolled on it was that I knew it was essential to gain a qualification…
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A Day in the Life of Our Learning Officer
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work at Winterbourne? Our Learning Officer, Eleanor, shares what a typical day is like for her in her role. A large part of my job is to schedule and administer the RHS and short courses we run on site. The role involves a lot of emails, quite…
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What are we reading?
There’s no hiding the fact that the Winterbourne team are all avid book worms, we’ve a second hand bookshop on site and are regularly swapping books we’ve enjoyed between us. We thought we would share what we’ve been reading during lock down to keep us entertained. Let us know if you have any recommendations…