Have you ever seen a 34 year old British Champion Hippeastrum plant before? This plant came from a bulb in 1984, which was gifted to our Horticulture department in 2003. 15 years at Newton Rigg and she’s still going strong! 🏵️

A first for our Beauty students as they headed to Valencia, Spain over the Easter break to learn from Spanish students and staff. 💅 All made a reality by the Everything is Possible organisation, the learners took part in a work placement in a Spanish salon, where they learnt Chinese Ghua Sha therapy treatment, Bamboo massage treatment and put on a make-up lesson. They even managed to find time for an afternoon at the beach!

Interested in seeing our educational gardens or finding out about a course in horticulture? As part of the National Garden Scheme we are having an open garden day on Monday 30th April 1-4pm. Pop in for informative tours and a variety of demonstrations. See more: https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/16990/

Do you have a passion for gamekeeping and live for the outdoors? You’ve got 1 week left to apply for a chance to win a place at our highly successful Gamekeeping Experience Weekend. All you have to do to be in with a shot at winning a place is write a short piece (no more than 250 words) about why you want to come to be part of the Experience. Read the full T&Cs; here:

Uniformed Public Services and Sport students celebrated St George’s Day with an operational briefing for enemy attack - against Dragons! 🐲 The group were briefed by lecturer Guy, before making their own paper weapons to use in battle. A fun afternoon putting learning into practice.