2026 Brooksby Award
The Gardens Trust is delighted to present this year’s Brooksby Award of £150 to Tasnim Lafrontiere for her outstanding progress on the BTech Level 2 …
Education
Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust Brooksby Award 2025
The Gardens Trust is delighted to present this year’s award to Brooksby student, Tom Ashworth.Tom, who is incredibly passionate about horticulture, is employed by Leicester …
Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust Brooksby Award 2024
L to R: Sue Blaxland (Gardens Trust), Michelle Thom (Brooksby Lecturer for Apprenticeship Programme) Connor Thompson (student award recipient) Connor Thompson is this year’s recipient …
2023 St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Loughborough visit to the Botanical Gardens
Make and eat your own fruit kebab – by far the most popular activity! Discovering new foods in the tropical greenhouse Searching for pond life …
2023 Brooksby Melton College Horticultural Award
Ben Freeston Silva is this year’s recipient of the Trust’s Brooksby Student Award. This £100 bursary is given to the student who has made the …
Netherhall Special School project update
The willow arch at Netherhall School, partly-funded by the Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust, has now been planted. Steve Pickup, of The Willowbank Company, who …
Netherhall School project update
These photos show the preparation for the planting of the first row of willow for the willow arch at Netherhall School. See background to this …
Visit to Netherhall Special School.
Netherhall is a special school catering for around 120 pupils from age 4 to 19, who have severe/profound/multiple learning difficulties. Over the last 4 years, …
Completed Sensory Garden at Millgate School
7 July 2022 Dear Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust I am writing to you to offer our sincere thanks for your support in our recent …
2022 LRGT Brooksby Melton College Horticultural Award
Fred receives his award from Sue Blaxland (right) LRGT Secretary. Also pictured is Lil Hammond, Lecturer in Horticulture at Brooksby College, who was Fred’s tutor. …