Members of the Garden Centre Association ( GCA ) are being urged to put forward their staff for the GCA Trust ’s Dick Allen Scholarship Award Scheme ( February 2023 ) .
The scheme is undefended to staff within GCA garden centre , and the recipient of the honour will be invited to attend the International GCA Congress after in the class in Italy .
" Applications are currently candid , and from those submit , two will be pick out to hang this twelvemonth ’s International GCA Congress , which remove place in Italy . They will not only travel to the destination but will participate in the ' Interactive Tour ' radical , take part in discussions and gain an understanding of how garden centres within the boniface body politic , and centres from other countries , include their own , through the wider conversations within the delegate group , operate . "
" Applications can be made online via our website at https://bit.ly/3kl79hI and must be endorsed and supported by the applicant ’s employer . The GCA Trust will cover the full Congress registration fee , but travelling expenses will need to be met by the employer . Other than personal disbursement and travel insurance , there are no further price involved . "
Last year ( 2022 ) , Laura Matheson from St Peters Garden Centre and Holly Byrne from Millbrook Garden Centre Gravesend were chosen and visited garden center in Amsterdam across six days .
Will Armitage , GCA Trust Chairman , enounce : " This is an amazing chance for any aspiring appendage of garden core teams to see how garden centres operate in Italy while furthering their personal development with an opportunity to internet with other garden centre operators from all over the world in a more informal environs . "
" Speaking from personal experience , the successful applier will have the chance to formulate go professional relationships with comparable - tending people from all over the world and make some great friend . "
The object of the GCA Trust is to boost among the world-wide public and , in special among horticultural pupil , education in gardening , and specially garden Centre , by the supply and organization of scholarships and bursaries , include prizes to foster such didactics .
The Trust also aims to assist horticultural students in studying , research , and gaining experience in gardening .
The GCA represents garden core across the country .
Through sharing information and its inspection political platform , the GCA helps members to attain high standards in customer service , plant quality , and dependableness .
