fbpx
Menu

Supporting and training gardeners

The National Garden Scheme raises money from opening exceptional private gardens, many of which are looked after by professional gardeners. We recognise that it is often hard for people to get started in a gardening career that’s why we fund a variety of training and apprentice schemes. Our donations made at the end of the 2024 garden season support the following:

English Heritage £125,000
Perennial £100,000
National Botanic Garden of Wales £26,000
Bankside Open Spaces Trust £21,000
Professional Gardeners’ Trust £20,000
The Garden Museum £10,000

In this video, Alan Titchmarsh introduces our support for English Heritage’s Historic and Botanic Garden Training Programme (HBGTP). Find out more here.

Case Studies

A day in the life of the Head Gardener at Audley End, Essex

We asked Louise Ellis, Head Gardener at Audley End House and Gardens, to reflect on a typical day working at this beautiful site for English Heritage

Discover more

Zoe Phelan - National Botanic Garden of Wales apprenticeship

Swapping medical needles for garden forks has changed Zoe’s life for the better

Read Zoe's story

Lesley's story: Looking to a hopeful future

Read more about how our support of Perennial is helping people in horticulture find their feet again after times of crisis

Read more

All’s well that ends well for latest WRAGS trainee, Lorna Hobart

Find out more about Lorna’s placement – funded by the National Garden Scheme and WFGA – with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Read More

John’s Story – “it’s heaven to be warm again”

Find out how our support of Perennial is helping others

Read More

WRAGS

Read about Lizzie Bourke’s 2020 placement through WRAGS at West Horsley Place

Read More

Professional Gardeners' Trust

Find out how we’re helping Britta complete her horticultural studies.

Read More

The Garden Museum

Read about 2019 trainee Elena Donovan’s experience at The Garden Museum

Read More

Don’t miss a thing

Sign up to hear more about gardens, events and our
activities throughout the year

By completing this form, you confirm that you are aged 18 years or over and that you are happy to receive emails from the National Garden Scheme in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We will never share your details with anyone else without your express permission.

 

?

Our donations in 2024

Donor 1
Donor 2 £500,000
Donor 3 £450,000
Donor 4 £450,000
Donor 5 £450,000
Donor 6 £350,000
Donor 7 £350,000
Donor 8
Donor 9 £122,227
Donor 10 £90,000
Donor 11 £80,000
Donor 12 £25,000
Donor 13 £302,000
Donor 14 £232,000