APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR AWARD
APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR AWARD
TURFSOIL'S Chairman, John Newton, is delighted to announce that ZOE BASHAM is the first Royal Parks' Apprentice to win the Royal Parks Guild ‘APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR AWARD'. Zoe, 21, who is based in Greenwich Park, was judged to be the person who has most benefited from her first year on the three-year programme. Zoe received her award at a special ceremony hosted by the Worshipful Company of Gardeners during their Autumn Court Dinner held at Drapers Hall in the City of London in late October.
The award was presented to Zoe by Christine Cohen OBE, The Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners and The Royal Parks Guild chairman Mike Fitt OBE. Zoe said: "this was a complete shock and I'm delighted. I now have something important to live up to."
Mike Fitt, one of the assessors for the Award, said: "Zoe has been an outstanding apprentice, and after just one year she has reached a high standard of competence and practical ability. I am sure she will have a great future in amenity horticulture. There are still two years to go before her apprenticeship period is completed so she has now set the benchmark for her colleague apprentices to reach. It is an exciting period for Zoe and The Royal Parks Apprenticeship Programme."
Peter Hughes, Horticultural Landscape Development Officer for The Royal Parks was delighted that Zoe had received the award and that she has taken so much from the scheme. He commented that it was a true reflection of the commitment she has shown, both to her work and to her college studies.
Photograph: Zoe Basham (centre) being presented with her ‘APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR AWARD' by Christine Cohen OBE, The Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners and The Royal Parks Guild chairman and Mike Fitt OBE .