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UK Landskills Advanced Joint Winners Announced

This year the Malvern Autumn Show, held on the 24-27th September, hosted the 2009 Advanced UK Landskills competition, organised by BALI and sponsored by Lantra Awards, one of the UK’s leading Awarding Organisations. Positioned just within the north gate, the Canadian themed gardens attracted hundreds of passing spectators throughout the show.

Jonathon Swift and Wayne Grills of Lantra Awards present the joint winners of the 2009 Advanced UK Landskills

The Advanced Competition finalists and winners were:

  • Silver Joint Winners
    College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise, Greenmount Campus and Oatridge College
  • Bronze
    PGE Landscaping
  • Runner Up
    Hartpury College

Judges; Darren Thompson from WorldSkills 2011 team, Charlie Maclauchlan from Country Gardens and Mitch Westwood from Westwood Solutions were impressed with the passion and skills demonstrated over the four days by all competitors.

The winning teams from both the Intermediate and Advanced Competition now wait to celebrate their success with the landscape industries finest at the prestigious BALI National Landscape Award ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on the 4th December.