The award funds journey across the UK and Europe in monastic order to develop knowledge and experience in bedding plant production and marketing . An employee in the former stages of their career at a commercial-grade bedding flora glasshouse , or a student hit the books horticulture with an interest in commercial bedding flora and travel should go for .
Recent winner , Robert Perry , a Crop Technician Apprentice , used the scholarship to fund his seat on an mechanisation study tour while take at Pershore College and work at Bordon Hill Nurseries . He visit some of the leading bedding works grower in the Netherlands looking at the latest technology , foundation and mechanisation and said : “ This scholarship allow me to widen my view of grow techniques and machinery used to automate the whole mental process a baby’s room take to the woods through while get its product . Since go on the tour , I can see at mechanization from another perspective and am excited for succeeding prospects in automatize my workplace nursery more expeditiously and with a larger cooking stove of tasks becoming automatise . ”
Danny Booth
Danny Booth won the award while working at Lovania and need to use the award to develop his growing knowledge and power surrounding jade product and new flora . He say : “ This scholarship provided me with rattling opportunities to meet people that are well established within the diligence and form key relationship as well as gaining knowledge of a liberal image within the industry . Without a grant like this , it would have taken me eld to develop such kinship . I learnt a lot about different techniques and methods to save time and money , using dissimilar products and go through effective results . ”
David Acock gain while a bookman at Writtle College and spent a summer discharge a study tour of Greece , the Channel Islands and the Netherlands . He say , “ During the travels I witness first hand creativeness and innovation , which inspired me and turn over me the trust to bring to next concern system . ”
Stuart Lowen at Ball Colegrave , say : “ David Colegrave developed many corking ideas in his line of work through his travel overseas , keeping an undetermined mind to novel practices and challenges in plant culture . This led David to introduce groundbreaking raw mathematical product innovations and solvent within our industry . This Scholarship aims to support a like - tending someone currently working within the commercial bedding plant manufacture , looking to widen their knowledge and experience through explore horticulture across the UK and Europe . ”
DCF Scholarship season is unresolved now until 10 December 2024
To apply visitwww.davidcolegravefoundation.org.uk
