Voicing the Garden – Trainees

From the late 1940s to the present day, trainees have worked in the Garden, gaining key horticultural and botanical knowledge and skills.

Trainees from the late 1940s and 1950s describe their time in the Garden and the characters they worked alongside.

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Trainees share tales from their time in the Garden, including setting fire to the lake and the unofficial Systematic Olympics.

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More recent trainees describe what attracted them to a career in horticulture and their favourite areas of the Garden.

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How the Garden, and working in it, has changed over the years and what it was like to grow up in the Garden itself.

Stories from those who have enjoyed visiting the Garden through the years and the important role it has played in their lives.

From 1762 to the present day.