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National Gardens Scheme Gardens and Health Week 2025
This week is an exciting one for horticulture! Its the National Garden Scheme Gardens and Health Week! Each year the National Garden Scheme (NGS) Gardens and Health Programme raises awareness of the physical and mental…
HBGTP Spring Update
Now that applications for 2025-26 trainee placements are closed, we’d like to thank everyone who applied and expressed an interest in the HBGTP! The HBGTP team are now busy sifting through an unprecedented number of…
Applications are open!
Applications for the HBGTP are now open and for anyone considering applying, here’s everything you need to know…. There are 17 trainee placements available this year based in 14 prestigious UK gardens, with some gardens…
Placement Gardens Announced
We were delighted to receive a considerable number of applications from gardens around the UK, expressing their interest in hosting a HBGTP trainee this year. After a much-deliberated recruitment process, we are pleased to announce…
What’s coming up in 2025?
We certainly had a fantastic year in 2024 with another cohort of trainees graduating in the summer and welcoming 17 more to the programme. We also welcomed a new ambassador, Alan Titchmarsh MBE, who we…
HBGTP Administration Update
We would like to share an update regarding the HBGTP administration team. From Thursday 12th December 2024 our HBGTP Administrator, Emma Newey, will be leaving us to go on maternity leave until January 2026. We…
Trainee Seminar 2024
This year’s HBGTP Trainee Seminar was held in West Sussex, in partnership with the Professional Gardeners Guild (PGG). Over 40 trainees attended, enjoying 4 action packed days visiting gardens, listening to talks and taking part in group…
Autumn update 2024
We were pleased to welcome the 2024-25 cohort of HBGTP trainees who started in their garden in September. Trainees on the programme benefit from support from the programme team. As part of this we have…
HBGTP Ambassador Announced
We are delighted to announce Alan Titchmarsh MBE as our first-ever ambassador for the Historic and Botanic Garden Training Programme (HBGTP). Alan became an apprentice gardener with his local council at 15 – an experience…
HBGTP Graduation 2024
We are thrilled to announce that this years’ cohort of trainees have graduated from the Historic & Botanic Garden Training Programme (HBGTP). Their success was celebrated on the 29th August at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Set in the…
HBGTP Study Tour 2024
This years’ HBGTP Study Tour was located around the Welsh borders and Somerset. Our trainees spent the weekend visiting several beautiful gardens, meeting Head Gardeners and other garden team members. The study tour was kindly…
HBGTP trainees visit the Chelsea Flower Show
At this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) hosted their annual Young Peoples’ Breakfast and our HBGTP trainees were given the opportunity to attend. The event is aimed at giving young people…
Spring is in the air!
The clocks have gone forward and signs of spring are finally here. Our placement gardens are coming to life with an array of colours. The HBGTP trainees are busy planting and preparing flower beds and…
Applications are open!
Applications for the HBGTP are now open and for anyone considering applying, here’s everything you need to know…. There are 17 trainee placements available this year based in 14 prestigious UK gardens, with some gardens…
Placement Gardens Announced
We were delighted to receive a considerable number of applications from gardens around the UK, expressing their interest in hosting a HBGTP trainee this year. After a much-deliberated recruitment process, we are pleased to announce…
What’s coming up in 2024?
We are kicking off the new year with the announcement of our new 2024-25 placement gardens in February. We are very excited about this as we have some new gardens joining the programme this year…
Autumn update 2023
In September we welcomed our 2023-24 cohort of trainees onto the programme. While the trainees are busy settling into their placement gardens, we have started the process of recruiting gardens for 2024-25. If you are…
Trainee Seminar 2023
This year’s HBGTP Trainee Seminar was held in West Sussex, in partnership with the Professional Gardeners Guild (PGG). Over 40 trainees and apprentices attended, enjoying 4 action packed days visiting gardens, listening to talks and…
HBGTP Graduation 2023
We are very pleased to announce that a further cohort of trainees have graduated from the Historic & Botanic Garden Training Programme (HBGTP). Their success was celebrated on the 30th of August at Wrest Park,…
The HBGTP Bursary
Being a trainee on the Historic & Botanic Garden Training Programme (HBGTP) offers a number of benefits during a 12-month placement. Trainees receive first-class training from professional teams in a variety of beautiful British gardens,…
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Dene Wood
