The Adam Greathead Award

The Adam Greathead Award is a unique opportunity, sponsored in part by the Ashwood Charitable Trust, for an aspiring horticulturalist to spend twelve months working and learning in two renowned gardens. The successful applicant will spend six months at Great Dixter in East Sussex, the garden of the late great Christopher Lloyd, which is now a center for horticultural education and a huge source of inspiration to visitors. They will also spend six months at John's Garden at Ashwood Nurseries in the West Midlands, an outstanding garden regarded as one of the finest private gardens in the UK, created by nursery owner John Massey and featured on TV on numerous occasions. The award is named in memory of Adam Greathead, inspirational Head Gardener at John's Garden from 2014-2017, who passed away suddenly aged 27 in 2017. The successful applicant will receive the national living wage after deductions for statutory pension and national insurance contributions, along with a boot and thermal clothing allowance and some help with accommodation costs.