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Lesson plan with links to the National Curriculum that teaches pupils about plants growing from seeds. Cross-curricula links with Science, English, Art and DT.

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The RHS has created a series of short films with young trailblazers in horticulture sharing what they love about their jobs and explaining why their careers matter. The films were made in response to a survey revealing that of secondary schoolteachers who discuss careers with their pupils, just 16% highlight horticultural roles.

Leif packed in six years’ worth of botanical experience alongside his GCSEs and A Levels and is due to go to Oxford University this autumn to study Botanical Sciences. An RHS bursary recipient, he has spent the summer of his gap year finding and photographing all 52 species of wild orchid that grow in Britain and Ireland. Leif believes botany is a really vital career and says we need young people to keep conserving the plants we have in Britain, so we can keep the insect population high and therefore pollinate our crops.

Florian is a garden designer and was one of the RHS Young Designer of the Year 2013 finalists at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. Florian was a student at the London College of Garden Design and also studied at the Lycée de l'Horticulture et du Paysage de Montreuil. He says his passion for horticulture comes from his grandmother and that it is not a career for people who fail at school.

Kateryna is combining a degree in Landscape Architecture with jobs as a gardener at Harrogate Borough Council and at a nursery. She is part of design collective Seven Peas in a Pod which designed and created The Mypod Garden at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park.

Over the last few years Kerry has worked his way up to Project Manager at garden design firm Actual Landscapes. Kerry has combined his job with studying for his NVQ in horticulture and last year was awarded ‘learner of the year’ after finishing his level 2 in record time.

Craig and Joe are two of the keenest young horticulture students at Reaseheath College. Both achieved distinction in their level 2 diplomas and are progressing onto level 3 in September.

Elliot started at Greenbelt Landscapes as a trainee after leaving school and worked his way up to company director. He has just finished managing the build of a Gold-medal winning garden at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park, which he counts as one of his career highlights.

Anna joined the RHS after four years of studying at Imperial College London. She also volunteers as a guide at the Natural History Museum’s butterfly house. In her film Anna says that horticulture wasn’t mentioned at her school and she only discovered the breadth of interesting careers available within it when she was at university and being taught by scientists with experience in the field.

Hannah has worked as a graphic designer and owned her own business but it wasn’t until she stumbled over a floristry course at The Manchester College that she found her perfect career. She joined award-winning Manchester florist Verdure as a level 2 floristry apprentice a couple of years ago and recently came second in the regional finals of the WorldSkills UK floristry competition.

Tony is a professional horticulturist, garden designer and founder of Garden Club London, his own garden design and build company. In 2013 he designed his first show garden for the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park , for which he won ‘RHS Young Designer of the Year 2013’ and a Gold medal. In his film Tony says that horticulture was not seen as ‘cool’ in school and remembers a teacher telling him that if he didn’t concentrate he’d end up a binman or a gardener. He responded that he’d love to be a gardener.

John Foley won the title of BBC Young Gardener of the Year 2012 on BBC Three. He owns his own nursery with his girlfriend and manages a staff of 36. With his entrepreneurial style it has expanded at a rapid rate and he has recently had a restaurant installed. John is regularly invited to host and speak at events all over the country, designed a stand at the 2013 RHS Flower Show Tatton Park and has his sights set on a Gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.