Chance to join our plant trials panels
11 October 2011
If you're a keen amateur gardener interested in getting involved with RHS plant trials, then now's your chance.
We are looking for gardeners, members of the trade and gardening professionals to become part of the assessment panels for our 2012 trials of Euphorbia and/or Stipa.
If you've get an interest in, or knowledge of these plants you can enquire about getting involved and the commitment required by emailing us at trials@rhs.org.uk.
More opportunities to get involved
“We are introducing some changes to the way we undertake plant assessments in our Award of Garden Merit (AGM) trials,” says Jim Gardiner, Director of Horticulture at the RHS.
“Next year a number of our trials, including Euphorbia and Stipa, will be assessed by dedicated panels. We are hoping that this panel structure will give increased opportunity for working professional gardeners, members of the trade and members of specialist plant society to become more involved.”
The stipa panel will be established for a three-year trial and the euphorbia panel for a two-year trial. Both will hold approximately six to eight meetings per year.
All panel members are required to be members of the RHS. The charity is hoping to draw from a wide range of interested parties including commercial producers, breeders, botanists and keen growers.
“The ambition for all our trial panels is to ensure that we are assessing relevant plants that interest UK gardeners and to help all gardeners make informed decisions when purchasing plants. The RHS Award of Garden Merit is an excellent vehicle, which is supported strongly by the trade, to help educate and inform gardeners. We are very grateful to our assessment panel members who share with us their valuable knowledge and expertise, which underpins the selection of suitable plants,” says Jim.