Latest News – Adam Greathead Award

We are delighted to announce that Ella Catherall, our fourth Adam Greathead Award trainee, has joined us.      

The Adam Greathead Award has received a substantial grant from The Finnis Scott Foundation to support horticultural students.

The Ashwood Charitable Trust is delighted to announce that it has awarded its second Adam Greathead Award to Connie Hudson

Matthew Padbury, the first recipient of the Adam Greathead Award, shares his experiences of the past six months spent at Great Dixter, East Sussex, the garden of the late Christopher Lloyd, now under the stewardship of Fergus Garrett. This followed on from six months spent working in John’s Garden at Ashwood Nurseries , the beautiful […]

The Ashwood Charitable Trust is delighted to announce that it has awarded the first Adam Greathead Award to Matthew Padbury, an aspiring young horticulturist who impressed the trustees with his exceptional passion for plants and strong desire to hone his skills of good gardening practice. Nursery owner John Massey explains, in his own words, the […]

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of Adam Greathead, aged 27, who passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of Sunday October 29th. Adam was head gardener to nursery owner John Massey and a familiar and very popular figure with visitors to John’s Garden. In the three […]