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Green-fingered student wins gold medal for garden design at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Show

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A green-fingered student from ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Rural College struck gold for her garden.
The winning design called ‘ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Farmers Garden’ was created by Jessie Grinham, 31, from Stoke-by-Nayland in ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.

An illustration of the garden


Jessie switched careers last year and went from catering to carnations when she started a level two Royal Horticultural Society course (at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Rural).
In terms of her career change Jessie said: “I had my own catering business and wanted to do something for myself – and this led me to sign up to the course.
“You don’t get many opportunities to build a show garden so the whole experience has been amazing.â€

Jessie Grinham and Her Gold Medal Winning Garden At The 2024 ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Show

Horticulture lecturer at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Rural College, David Smith, said: “We won gold and it was really good news and great to see the students and Jessie achieve. Winning this is a great start and she is now going on to do a garden design course.â€
This is the third year in a row that ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Rural has won gold for a garden design.

Posted 30 May 2024
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