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Laura Hopcroft

Sterling Silver!

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) was awarded a Silver award at the prestigious College Development Network Marketing Awards, in the category of ‘Promotional Literature’. The award was presented for the Marketing...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Poultry, Professional Golf, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing Tags: award, awards, cdn, ceremony, college, course, courses, development, marketing, network, postcards, prize, promotion and promotional
Barry and Dave allotment club poster

Free courses for green fingers

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Spring has sprung and the grass has ris… We wonder where the peoples is. For green-fingered Fifers, there are some great opportunities to brush up on your gardening skills that...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Campus, Elmwood, Garden Design, Horticulture and Land-Based and Rural Skills Tags: Allotments, Barry and Dave, Cupar, Fife, Fife Coast and Countryside Trust, Gardening, Horticulture, Lochore meadows and SRUC Elmwood
Hortus Homicida garden design layout sketch

Hortus Homicida garden design

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Our Garden Design students, preparing for Gardening Scotland later this year, have produced the concept sketch for their show garden, entitled Hortus Homicida.   Produced by project leader Heath Urquhart,...

Categories: Degree, Edinburgh, Garden Design, Horticulture and Student Life Tags: Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Hortus Homicida and SRUC Edinburgh
Kevin Keith, SRUC Elmwood Student,

Kevin Keith reaches Young Horticulturalist of the Year finals

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

HNC Horticulture Student Kevin Keith from SRUC Elmwood has reached the Scottish Finals of the Charted Institute of Horticulture’s (CIH) Young Horticulturalist of the Year. The annual competition is open...

Categories: Elmwood, HN Level, Horticulture, Student Life and Student Successes Tags: Chartered Institute of Horticulture, Competition, Horticulture and Plantsmanship, SRUC Elmwood, SRUCcess and YHOC
Hortus Homicida Logo

Hortus Homicida – on location in Edinburgh’s Old Town!

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Anouska Curzon, MSRO at SRUC Edinburgh Campus, shares her account of filming the teaser video for the Hortus Homicida show garden. When the theme of this year’s show garden for...

Categories: Edinburgh, Garden Design, Horticulture and Student Life Tags: Anouska Curzon, Edinburgh, Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Hortus Homicida, Matt Jessop, Rich Gordon and SRUC Edinburgh
First year agriculture students visit the cow mart

1st year Edinburgh courses begin with visits

Posted on September 15, 2015 by sruc

First years at the SRUC Edinburgh Campus began their courses this year with a practical visit related to their subject area. Animal Science, Garden Design, Plantsmanship and Horticulture students headed...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal Science, Degree, Edinburgh, Garden Design, Horticulture, Student Life and Student Visits Tags: #Agriculture, #SRUCEdinburgh, #SRUCVisits, Animal Science, Edinburgh, Horticulture and Plantsmanship, Rural Business Management and Study Tour