Production Horticulture

To help you find the right answers for you and your business, we first need to understand your needs.

We research your issues and work with you to see the bigger picture. We know what training and skills the production horticulture industry needs and always work with you to check they are never out-of-date.

You told us you need:

• Basic skills
• Specialist technical skills
• Customer care
• Business and management skills
• Access to training
• Clear guidance on funding

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We work hard to create opportunities so you can make the most of training. After all, businesses who train their staff are two and a half times more likely to succeed than those who don’t.

By working together, we can help:

• Give you the skills to meet the future challenges of production horticulture
• Make sure your people have the right skills to help business grow
• You achieve Investors in People
• You find funding that’s available for you
• You find the training and development you need
• Make your voice heard to the powers that be
• You keep your workplace safe.

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There are so many ways you can get involved, anything from taking a short survey to discussing production horticulture issues with others in the industry. Any time you can give will really help to make sure the production horticulture industry can be the best it can be.

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Don’t just take our word for it – hear what people working in production horticulture have to say:

View case studies

• Horticulture Development Company (HDC) - www.hdc.org.uk
• Horticulture Trade Association (HTA) - www.the-hta.orh.uk
• National Farmers Union (NFU) - www.nfu.org.uk
• Soil Association - www.soilassociation.org
• International Plant Propagation Society (IPPS) - www.ipps.org.uk
• Sustainable Food - www.sustainablefood.com
• Scottish Crofting Federation - www.crofting.org/index.php/news
• Scottish Tenant Farmers’ Association - www.tfa.org.uk/