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09/07/2010
Young people receive their certificates from the Mayor and Cllr Maureen Cummings
Groundwork celebrates budding garden enthusiasts with the Mayor and Cllr Cummings.
Young people were awarded certificates in horticulture by the Wakefield Mayor and Cllr Maureen Cummings on Thursday 19 June at Growing For The Future (G4F) Nursery at Thornes Park, Wakefield.
This year, 26 young people have completed a Level 1 City and Guilds in Horticulture through projects managed by the Groundwork Wakefield Education Team and funded by the Coalfields Regeneration trust. In achieving this certificate they contributed to the development of the nursery site including planting fruit bushes, clearing polytunnels, preparing the land to plant, learning about health and safety and working as a team.
Both The Mayor and Maureen Cummings, Wakefield Councils Cabinet member for Adults and health were also treated to a tour around the site to see how the Nursery has grown since its launch last summer and the array of plants and vegetables G4F has to offer.
Cllr Maureen Cummings, said: "It was wonderful to meet these people and present them with these certificates which recognise their achievements. G4F is an important project and a great example of what can be achieved by working together. “
G4F is a partnership enterprise between Groundwork Wakefield, Wakefield Council and NHS Wakefield District and promotes physical activity through training and employment opportunities in gardening and horticulture as well as a social enterprise on the former nursery site to grow local produce linked to carbon management issues and the importance of the “five a day” message.
