About

Name: Callum James Halstead

Age: 24

Occupation: Student Gardener at Tresco Abbey Garden

Email: cal.hal@icloud.com

About:

Having completed the first two years of the BSc (Hons) Horticulture with Plantsmanship course at SRUC and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, I am now taking a year’s break from study, as I have been lucky enough to be granted the Elizabeth Hess Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded by the Studley College Trust and provides funding for students to spend a year working and learning at the Tresco Abbey Garden in the Isles of Scilly. (You can find out more about the scholarship here). I am writing this blog to document the work that I carry out throughout the year and to showcase some of the highlights from the garden’s diverse plant collection.