The BCF Trustees are very pleased to announce that we had record entries into both categories of the Landscape & Design student of the year.
The Judges have selected the best 7 students studying a level 2 or above. The winner of each category “Landscape” & “Design” will be announced as our Student of the Year at this years BALI Awards held 1st December at the Grosvenor House London.
Colleges Students Category
Active learning Merritt Wood College Joe Elsden Landscape
Capel Manor College Lucy Mitchell Design
KLC School of Design Catharine Beck Design
London College of Garden Design Craig Atkinson Design
Sparsholt College Adam Goodchild Landscape
SRUC Oatridge Duncan Foster Landscape
Wiltshire College Russel Fletcher landscape
Each “Best” student has received a £100 prize and certificate. The winner of each category will receive a £500 prize each for student and college.
Trustees Nick Coslett & Paul Cowell said:
“We have been delighted with the level of interest and record entries into this year’s competition. We are extremely grateful to the Students, Tutors and Colleges for taking part”
Established in 1975 in memory of BALI founder member Geoffrey Chalk, the BALI Chalk Fund provides funding for skills development across the landscape industry.
Trustees comprise past and current BALI members (including several past chairmen) whose role it is to identify industry needs that meet the Fund’s criteria for support and develop innovative ways to deliver appropriate solutions.
To date, the BALI Chalk Fund has facilitated the development of industry training materials, awarded travel scholarships to enable young landscapers to learn from their counterparts overseas, provided training prizes for the winners of the national finals of the WorldSkills UK Landscape Gardening competition and supported land-based colleges by providing trophies for outstanding achievement to students on landscape-related courses. The Fund is currently helping to support the development of an industry student enrichment programme.