Shoshana at Salisbury Gardens in Ventnor
Shoshana and Val at Cafe Botanique where the award was announced
The Trustees are delighted to announce that Island resident Shoshana Hill is the first recipient of a Bursary award that will allow her to pursue her dream of a career in horticulture.
Shoshana told us that her love for gardening started as a child when she spent lots of time in her garden and outdoors, but, living in the centre of Manchester, she did not see gardening opportunities there and qualified as a dog groomer, a job she undertook for a few years. A move to the ‘Garden Isle’ with her family made her re-evaluate and she is now determined to pursue her love for horticulture as her career. As a volunteer in the gardens at Osborne, she was excited to see the poster in the rest room advertising the Simon Goodenough Bursary and sent in her application.
We were struck by the thoughtfulness of her approach and her long-term plan and are pleased that we can support her on the first step of the way to a new career, which is to follow the online course for The RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth and Development provided by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.Â
Shoshana came to meet us at our recent Café Botanique talk and we hope to see much more of her in the future.