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Vegetable Plots

Student Vegetable Plots
 

 

Student Vegetable Plots

Why are the students growing vegetables?

The vegetable plots belong to the first-year students from Kew's School of Horticulture. As one of their practical projects, the students are assessed on the cultivation of their plots and on the crops they grow.

Find out more: the Kew Diploma

Each year, 14 students come to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to begin the three-year Kew Diploma, which covers many aspects of amenity and botanical horticulture. The course combines work experience, practical training and formal study in topics such as botany, landscape management and conservation. Graduates of the Kew Diploma have gone on to work in other botanic, private and public gardens, on television and in conservation projects around the world.

Find out more about the students' work

 

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