Posted by Debbie Dexter

Just like to thank all the guys – Mike Cook (Horticultural Tutor) & the students at Petty Pool College who showed me around the Horticultural Dept last Thursday morning. What an inspiring place!

Horticultural students with Learning Disabilities attend 4 days a week and maintain a large Vegetable Plot & Greenhouse with their Tutors. They learn lifeskills & gain practical experience & horticultural qualifications. They sow seeds, look after seedlings & then sell the plants or produce at their own Garden Centre and all the proceeds are ploughed back into the Horticultural Dept.

On the morning of my visit the Students had just planted up some hanging baskets that they will sell later in the season and there are plans to grow more herbs for the kitchen at Petty Pool and maybe cut flowers that can be used by the students in the Floristry Dept.

Sow Seeds will be donating more seed to their worthy cause and wish them the very best with all the exciting projects they have planned.

Petty Pool Garden Centre is open to the public on Wednesdays 1-3pm throughout the Summer (from May onwards)

College Details & Garden Centre

The Petty Pool Trust, 
Petty Pool Education Centre, 
Pool Lane, Sandiway, 
Cheshire
 CW8 2DR Tel: 01606 889097

http://www.pettypool.org.uk/college-pages/horticulture.htm

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