
The 2014 AGM of the Professional Gardeners’ Guild was held at The Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire where David Roberts, PGG member and Head Gardener, has overseen much of the restoration work that’s gone on over recent years.
Awards ceremony
Awards were handed out at the AGM for ‘Loyal and Outstanding Service’, ‘New Gardener of the Year’ and diplomas for ‘Three Year Traineeship in Horticultural Practices’.
- Bill Simpson presenting the Diploma with Distinction to Misako Kasahara, completing trainee now at Kew
- Bill Simpson presenting the Diploma with Distinction to Giulio Veronese, completing trainee now Cambridge Botanics
- Bill Simpson presenting the Diploma to Daniel Ainscough, completing trainee now doing a further year at Abbotswood
- Bill Simpson presenting the Diploma with Higher Credit to Edward Rodgers, completing trainee now working on a private estate in Dorset
- Students receive diplomas for ‘Three Year Traineeship in Horticultural Practices’
- Lord Ashbrook presenting to Alex Prain the New gardener of the year award
- Lord Ashbrook presenting to Martin Woods for Loyal and Outstanding Service
- Lord Ashbrook presenting to John MacArthur of that Ilk for Loyal and Outstanding Service
- PGG members receive awards for ‘Loyal and Outstanding Service’ and ‘New Gardener of the Year’
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