Our Six Principles

These are the six principles identified for building a sustainable world class workforce.

1) Adopt Good HR practices.

2) Aim to keep the core team employed throughout the year.

3) Find innovative ways of managing peaks in demand.

4) Be imaginative in finding new blood for the industry.

5) Take responsibility for developing our own training.

6) Promote the industry as a good place to work to educators, career advisers and the public.

Water Champion’s report now available

One of my fellow champions, Charles Carr of Lowater’s nursery has recently completed a report on water harvesting in the horticultural sector and it reviews among other things the use of reed and iris beds in cleaning run off water. [...]