What We Do
With a team of six volunteers (and growing!), we are working to keep the beautiful grounds of Holderness House well-maintained.
Our duties include:
✔️ Weeding
✔️ Grass cutting
✔️ Hedge trimming
✔️ Pruning
✔️ Cutting back overgrown areas
This work not only helps preserve the grounds but also gives volunteers valuable hands-on experience in horticulture.
How Does it Work?
Across different training sites, Trainees learn to propagate, grow and maintain plants in a range of settings. Horticulture represents a skills gap in our area, which provides our Trainees with a fair chance in the job market.
Our aim for the project is to offer a range of training and work opportunities for anyone who needs a helping hand, now delivering City and Guilds accredited qualifications, working closely with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, North Lincolnshire Council and Beverley Town Council. We understand that the job hunt process is more complex than this, which is why trainees are also supported with life coaching, peer mentoring, and soft skills development.
The Horticulture Project promotes community involvement; aiming to break down barriers, build relationships, and take advantage of the benefits of spending time outdoors. With exercise, fresh air, and the very tangible changes that occur as a result of their work, trainees experience a mental health boost that few standard training courses offer.
As community is at the heart of what we do, training sites have been carefully chosen to ensure that trainees and volunteers can see the communal benefit of their hard work, and the community can meet the people behind it all.
Our main project is at Normanby Hall, where we help the horticulture staff help to maintain and enhance the beautiful grounds, we have a mixture of trainees working towards achieving a City & Guilds Qualification with out Tutor or assist on a voluntary basis.
We also support community projects around the Beverley area in partnership with East Riding Council, Beverley Town Council and the HEY LEP, to help close the horticultural skills gap in the area. The Coronation Garden steering group are a group of professionals who work with volunteers to maintain and refresh the landscape to create a tranquil and beautiful green space for both locals and visitors to enjoy.
Free Horticulture Training – City & Guilds Level 1
FAs a thank-you for your time and dedication, we are offering all volunteers the chance to earn a City & Guilds Level 1 qualification in Horticulture – completely free.
Whether you want to:
Expand your gardening skills
Use the experience to help other community projects
Build a foundation for a future career in horticulture
This qualification is a fantastic way to develop your skills while giving
Get Involved!
Interested in joining us? We’d love to have you!
Come along for a chat – we’re on-site every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM. No prior experience is necessary—just a willingness to get stuck in and enjoy working outdoors. Open to all enthusiastic volunteers.
Come and be part of something meaningful!
For more information, feel free to contact our Horticulture Tutor via
[email protected] or simply drop by on a Tuesday.
