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Successful garden centres celebrate winning The Greatest Christmas Awards
The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is Brookside
Haskins wins Special Judges Award
The Greatest Christmas Display winners are Silverbirch, Walkers Nurseries, Castle Gardens, Barton Grange and Fryers Garden Centre - Blue Diamond
The Greatest Festive Plants Team comes from Creative Gardens and Aylett Nurseries
Hayes Garden World have The Greatest Christmas Sizzle
The Greatest Festive Catering Team goes to Mains of Drum and Barton Grange
Brookside, Pughs Radyr and Chessington pick up The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team awards
Premier Decorations win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
Bents pick up The Greatest Pet Christmas Team gold
Santa Special Awards to mark great teamwork
Greatest Christmas Awards organised by the team from GTN
A Majestic party for finalists and guests
Over £1,500 raised for Greenfingers at party
Busy Harrogate Christmas & Gift Show
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Phil Burgoyne joins Garland Products/Worth Gardening
Groen-Direkt introduces houseplants for 2017
Students must get DCF scholarship applications in by 31 January
Pink dusters sales raise £10,200 for breast cancer charities
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New Posh Bird Box has more room for feathered families
Stewart to put new planters under media spotlight
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TV gardener presents certificates to Birmingham youngsters


Young people on a Thrive gardening course are celebrating after receiving their qualification certificates from Warwickshire-based TV gardener David Domoney.

David, who’s Thrive’s garden ambassador, was full of praise for the young people, all of whom have special educational and/or complex needs and have overcome many barriers in their lives.

They have all achieved City and Guilds in Practical Horticulture Skills at Level 1. The young people from Chadsgrove School in Bromsgrove and Oscott Manor School in Birmingham are following Thrive’s Grow and Learn programme in Kings Heath Park which offers practical training in gardening to support young people (aged 14-19).

David Domoney said: "What a wonderful achievement these young people have made on this very supportive and inclusive programme run by Thrive.

"They are all motivated and have clearly enjoyed learning about gardening and putting this into practice. I wish them all success in the future."

Horticultural therapists from Thrive work with students once a week and help them develop practical gardening skills whilst teaching them about healthy living and lifestyles.  

Thrive expects them to develop confidence and self-esteem and the charity’s approach is tailored to enable students to progress at their own speed.  

Part funded by The Rowan Trust, the Grow and Learn programme is now in its second successful year at Kings Heath Park in Birmingham.

Elizabeth Robinson from the Trust was full of praise for the programme when she visited Thrive in the autumn and said: "I was delighted to see these young people as they learn from the experienced horticultural therapists at Thrive and look forward to seeing how they develop."

Several teachers have reported an increase in their student’s participation in other activities as their confidence grows and they share successes with their classmates.

Angela MacVeigh, Deputy Head at Chadsgrove School, said: "I was so impressed with all that you are achieving at Thrive and I can see why the pupils like it so much."

Amanda Fields, Thrive regional manager in Birmingham, said: "In the transition to adult life, children with a learning disability and complex needs are disadvantaged; they are often socially excluded and can live with a sense of failure and under-achievement.  

"Alienation from their peers results in higher truancy rates, which exacerbate poor academic achievement.  Grow and Learn is designed to fill a gap to help these young people by offering informal learning in an out-of-school environment.  

"It aims to improve their life chances and place them in a stronger position to discover new skills and talents. We are helping to prepare them to take the next step, whether that is into further training, volunteering, or employment."
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