A number Hadlow College students were in the spotlight last week when they helped transform a garden live on national TV.
The horticulture students joined gardening expert David Domoney for the Front Garden Facelift feature on the popular TV show ‘This Morning’. David himself spent some time studying at Hadlow College in the 1980s.
Alongside a team of other volunteers, the group had just two hours to perform a complete garden makeover at the property in West Wickham.
In a race against time the facelift was successfully completed, with the bare front garden completely overhauled to include a fragrant rose garden, a brand-new wall and swathes of plants framing the garden.
Alan Harvey, Head of Horticulture at Hadlow College, said: “This was an absolutely fantastic experience for our students to be involved in, and I know they all loved it. We are lucky enough to have some first-class facilities here at Hadlow that our students benefit from, but there is no substitute for the experience of working under pressure in a real life situation and I am very proud of how they responded to the challenge!”
David Domoney expressed his appreciation to the team of volunteers, saying: “Completing these Front Garden Facelifts is a challenging but wonderful experience. I would like to thank Coolings Garden Centre, Hadlow College, Hippo Waste, Harrington Brothers Contractors, Wealden Benches, Tillers Turf, Darren Horan, and David Austin Roses for their help in transforming this garden, to restore it to its former glory.”
You can see the students working alongside David and the rest of the volunteers for the makeover on This Morning’s YouTube channel.
Hadlow College offers a number of horticulture courses, with students benefitting from first class facilities such as the Thanet Earth Centre of Excellence @ Hadlow College - the UK’s first Centre of Excellence in glasshouse growing and a ‘robotic orchard and vineyard’ which demonstrates the latest technology including automated AI management systems, a state-of-the-art irrigation, fertigation and frost protection system and automated fruit picking.
If you are interested in studying the subject at Hadlow College, visit the Horticulture subject page of the College website.