HISTORIC AND BOTANIC GARDEN BURSARY SCHEME - STRENGTHENING THE UK'S HORTICULTURAL HERITAGE


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Last Updated: Tuesday 02/03/2010
HBGBS Taxonomy Courses for 2010 now booking
The course dates and venues for the HBGBS Master Classes on Nomenclature and Taxonomy have now been confirmed, and bookings are being taken.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Trewithen offers exciting new additions to the gardens when it opens on 1st March
Final preparations are being made to new additions at Trewithen Gardens in time for their public re-opening on Monday 1 March.
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Last Updated: Tuesday 02/03/2010
New HBGBS Garden Placements for September 2010
We are delighted to announce this years placement opportunities. See the 'Placement Gardens 2010' page for more details. The host gardens are located from Scotland to Sussex, Liverpool to Kent and include arboreta, castles, botanic gardens and private estates; a full range of the best horticultural experience can be found in this year’s selection of host gardens. The placements are available in gardens as diverse as Chelsea Physic Garden and Nyman’s, Hampton Court Palace and Tresco Abbey Garden. Large and small, specialist and generalist, all represent the highest standards in horticulture and have some of the best skilled staff to be found anywhere in the country.
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Last Updated: Monday 18/01/2010
Heritage Lottery Fund Evaluation Report
This is the Year 3 Evaluation Report prepared by Robert Bilbrough Associates. The report assesses the 10 bursaries processes. It then looks at the progress of these ambitious schemes and reviews lessons learned.There are a number of case studies including the HBGBS's own trainee Kate Evans at Chatsworth House.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
IPGS launch new web site
IPGS has launched a new website, www.ipgs.org.uk, which marks the start of a real drive to raise the profile and impact of the institute. With a new focus on skills development and CPD, a more robust policy role and a commitment to meet the needs of its members, IPGS looks forward to the New Year with renewed enthusiasm.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Journal Article aids restoration project at Trewithen Gardens
A fascinating restoration project at Trewithen Gardens, near Probus, is nearing completion thanks to an article written by George Johnstone, an expert horticulturalist who inherited the Trewithen Estate in 1904.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
New HBGBS Management Skills Master Classes
The new series of HBGBS management skills training courses for professional gardeners are beginning this November. In order to meet you or your staff requirements three different courses have been developed:
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
HBGBS Trainees Seminar Wentworth Castle
The trainees met in October at Wentworth Castle. The three day seminar included presentations from John Watkins, English Heritage, John Humphris, Professional Gardeners Guild and Peter Goodchild who lectured on the historic garden landscape. We were privileged to be shown around Wentworth's gardens by Head Gardener Michael Klemperer and Harewood House by Head Gardener Trevor Nicolson. The seminar also included a full days visit to Fountains Abbey Gardens.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Lottery Training Bursary Programme News
220 training places created thanks to Lottery boost for traditional heritage skills
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Tregothnan Gardens Charity Garden  Open Weekend 2010
UK's largest garden opening - Charity Garden Open Weekend 2010
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
New website on garden design, history, art and plants
Launching on November 1st 2009 details of a new website on garden design, history, art and plants
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
HLF to pump additional £7.3m into heritage skills
The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced it is to invest an additional £7.3m into heritage skills enabling the HBGBS to continue to run!
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Twitter from the garden!
Tregothnan (an HBGBS host garden) has been "tweeting" from the garden!
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Countryside Jobs Service
CJS is a specialist service for the countryside sector. They publish information of interest to people working in countryside management and conservation.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Now is the time to invest in skills
Want to fight back in the recession? Make sure you put skills at the top of your agenda.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
GreenSpace - 'The Bench'
Sign up to receive 'The Bench' - the monthly newsletter from GreenSpace - and keep up to date with news from the parks and green space sector.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Bursary funding to attend training events
Interested in gaining further skills? Apply for bursary funding to take part in training workshops, seminars or practical courses.
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Last Updated: Friday 26/02/2010
Invitation to host an HBGBS garden placement starting September 1st 2011
The HBGBS enables enthusiastic horticulturalists to increase their skills through practical garden placements.
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