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Horticulturalists and Soft Landscapers are trained to maintain gardens and be involved in designing and planting containers and borders. But many also find themselves working within Garden Centre Retail.
The Foundation Skills competitions have been created to showcase the skills of students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), additional learning needs (ALN), or who require additional support for learning (ASL), who are currently undertaking a course with an FE or training provider at Entry level or level 1.
These competitions provide opportunities for students and learners to develop their vocational skills, wider skills for work, personal, social and independence skills.
Through the course of this competition students and learners will undertake tasks that reflect the standards and skills required to be a skilled/semi-skilled landscaper in today’s horticultural industry. Competitors will be required to complete various elements of of added value arrangements, elements of soft landscape (bed preparation, design and planting of a raised border). As well as the ability to merchandise a display in a retail plant area.
Creativity
Attention to detail
Health and Safety
Planning
Working independently
Problem solving
Attention to detail
Interpersonal skills
Registrations open 09:00am Monday 3rd of March and will close midnight Friday 28th of March.
Entry Stage will be released between Monday 3rd of March with a final deadline of 2nd of May 2025 (Exact dates will vary by competition).
Qualifiers will take place between 5th of May 2025 to 27th of June 2025 (Exact dates will vary by competition).
To help finalists prepare ahead of the UK Final, we will provide relevant technical training and share mindset development techniques, to support them to remain focused on achieving success.
National finals will take place during a week in November 2025 in Wales.
