Found: Bullying; Choice at the End of Life; Cricket; Dalits; Drug Policy Reform; Ethiopia; Film Industry; Gardening

Found: Study Main points highlighted from a review of the peer reviewed literature that discusses using Gardening

Found: Across the board we have heard that the benefits of gardening and horticulture as a wider sector contribute

Found: Put gardening and horticulture on the National Curriculum as a priority.

Found: An inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group (APPGHG) in 2019 confirmed

Found: on plants, we take a particular interest in the horticultural sector and the contribution that gardening

Found: The question is: why should young people get involved in gardening and horticulture?

Found: plants and horticulture offers a powerful way to alleviate growing levels of climate change anxiety;Gardening

Found: HSI0041 - Horticultural sector All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group Written Evidence

Found: Peat Use The destruction of peat bogs for gardening and horticulture creates irreversible damage to

Found: HSI0041 - Horticultural sector All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group Written Evidence

Found: TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORLD OF GARDENING AND HORTICULTURE

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment has been made of the presence of the range of horticultural opportunities that are featured in careers guidance, including in the areas of (a) science, (b) technical, (c) retail, (d) tourism, (e) planning and (f) health.

Answered by Gougeon, Mairi - Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands

The Scottish Government recognises the wide range of careers available in the horticultural sector and the importance of educational pathways to deliver graduates equipped with the skills and expertise demanded by the sector. Officials are therefore currently giving careful consideration to the eight ‘Asks of Government’ included in the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Scottish Environmental Horticulture Growth Strategy. In regard to the ‘ask’ to raise the presence of horticultural opportunities in careers guidance, officials have been working closely with universities and colleges across Scotland, and Lantra who are the leading provider of training, qualifications and career guidance for land-based industries across the UK. These discussions were recently outlined to sector stakeholders and MSPs at the Gardening and Horticulture cross party group at Holyrood.

Encouraging horticultural skills across the workforce aligns with government ambitions to address current environmental challenges, such as the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. The Scottish Government is committed to respond this year to the 22 recommendations in the Land-based Learning Review. The recommendations we accept will inform our actions to attract more people to work in Scotland’s land-based and aquaculture sectors and to improve learning pathways to equip them with the skills and knowledge needed.

Work to encourage people into horticultural careers and develop apprenticeships and higher education programmes designed to create highly skilled horticultural graduates for a range of careers is continuing.

Found: 2021 Buidheann Thar-Phartaidh na Gàidhlig 25/10/ 2021 Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Gardening