WrittleCollege’s final year Horticulture students have successfully completed the design and build of three new gardens on the grounds of the College.
The students, who carried out the build as an assessed unit within their course, had to design a garden to a client brief, draw up the specifications and detail drawings, quantify the materials required and then build the 6x6 metre garden in ten days.
All materials were supplied by Writtle College and included recycled materials from previous projects. The plants were sponsored by Hanging Garden Nurseries Ltd, Premier plants UK and Grenville Nursery, all local employers located within a couple of miles of the College.
The Colege’s Simon Grundy says students responded well to the challenge. “They were in college from early morning until after 6pm and worked through the recent heat and torrential rain,” he reports, “They were always looking for ways to produce the best they could inline with the brief they were given.”
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