Dundee Botanic Garden to get apprentice thanks to donation

Published On Mon 24 Apr 2017 by Cara Longmuir

The University of Dundee’s Botanic Garden is to get a new apprentice over the summer thanks to a donation from a conservation charity.

Plant Heritage has donated £500 that will enable a horticultural student to spend time protecting endangered plants at the site. The student will be responsible for looking after the Garden’s Scottish plants that are currently under threat.

The charity’s aim is to keep rare plants growing with the help of skilled amateur and professional gardeners trained in plant conservation skills.

Curator of the Botanic Garden, Alasdair Hood, said, “This is a very generous donation that we are delighted to accept.

“We are home to almost 200 rare plants and it will be great to have someone on board who is dedicated to looking after them. We are looking forward to welcoming the apprentice to the Garden in the near future.”

A letter of application can be sent to Alasdair Hood, Curator, University of Dundee Botanic Garden & Grounds, Riverside Drive, Dundee, DD2 1QH, call 01382 381190, or e-mail a.d.hood@dundee.ac.uk.

For more information about Plant Heritage go to http://www.nccpg.com.

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