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Young Hort Winner Announced

Thursday, 10 November 2022, 10:40 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

Regan Judd has been named the Young Horticulturist of the Year. Speaking after winning the coveted Young Horticulturist (Kaiahuone rangatahi o te tau) title at the finals in Karaka last night, Regan said he was “blown away” about winning, given he ... More >>

NZ 2021 Young Horticulturist Announced

Thursday, 24 February 2022, 12:09 pm | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

For the third consecutive time, a viticulturist has won the Young Horticulturist ((Kaiahuone rangatahi o te tau) competition. Blenheim’s Rhys Hall,28, who works in Waihopai Valley as assistant vineyard manager for Indevin, took out the top title ... More >>

NZ 2019 Young Horticulturist Announced

Saturday, 16 November 2019, 12:12 pm | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

NZ 2019 Young Horticulturist Announced Simon Gourley of Domaine Thomson Wines is the 2019 Young Horticulturist of the Year. More >>

Hunt to find top horticulturist receives major boost

Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 3:27 pm | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

Hunt to find New Zealand’s top horticulturist receives major boost New Zealand’s Young Horticulturist Competition has received a major boost for the 2018 competition with four national organisations throwing their sponsorship weight behind the competition ... More >>

Shanna Hickling is NZ's Young Horticulturist of the Year

Friday, 17 November 2017, 9:24 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

Shanna Hickling tonight became only the third woman in 13 years to win horticulture’s top Young Horticulturalist of the Year Award 2017. More >>

Young Horticulturist NZ Grand Final an all North Island race

Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 9:30 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

The five finalists in this year’s ‘Young Horticulturist of the Year 2016 Competition’ grand final showdown has boiled down to an all North Island race. The finalists in the Royal NZ Institute of Horticulture Education Trust’s ‘Young Horticulturist ... More >>

Big cities dominate NZ young horticulturalist contest

Thursday, 4 August 2016, 10:56 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

The New Zealand Young Horticulturist of the Year 2016 competition -- traditionally dominated by the regions -- has taken a surprising twist this year with the Auckland and Wellington regions making a clean sweep of early results. More >>

‘Young Grower’ wins Young Horticulturist of the Year

Friday, 14 November 2014, 12:50 pm | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

Representing Horticulture NZ, Patrick competed with five other finalists, all under the age of 30, in the grand final competition. The winners were announced on the evening of Thursday 13 November in Auckland. More >>

2014 'Young Horticulturist of the Year'

Thursday, 2 October 2014, 11:27 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

With ten weeks away from the 2014 ‘Young Horticulturist of the Year’ competition, this year’s six competitors gathered at Auckland’s Botanical Gardens for the AGMARDT Market Innovation seminar. “Through this workshop we introduce the finalists ... More >>

Female finalists win top three awards in Horticulturist comp

Friday, 15 November 2013, 9:42 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

Wanganui garden centre assistant Kelly Jean Kerr wins 2013 Young Horticulturist of the Year and second place getter Wellington collections specialist Eliza Whalley also wins the AGMARDT Market Innovation Project. More >>

Search begins for the 2013 Young Horticulturist of the Year

Thursday, 4 April 2013, 11:07 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

The future of New Zealand’s horticulture industry could easily be in the hands of the finalists in the 2013 Young Horticulturist of the Year. Professor Jacqueline Rowarth says that the life skills that the contestants learn through the competition ... More >>

From the ground up

Monday, 3 September 2012, 10:43 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

The contest will be tight for the six finalists in this year’s Young Horticulturist of the Year competition who have all demonstrated they know their plants and their produce. With success at sector competitions, they have also proved they have the ... More >>

Working party meets on common ground

Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 6:39 pm | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

An opportunity to learn from industry experts and experience a cross section of business in the horticultural industry brought together six of the country’s top young horticulturists to a training forum at Bayer New Zealand’s head office in Auckland, in May.(15th ... More >>

Competition seeks hands-on achievers

Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 9:41 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

The call is now out for talented young New Zealand horticulturists to put themselves forward to enter their industry sector competitions, with the view of ultimately competing for the honour of being 2012’s top horticultural industry achiever. More >>

Competition seeks hands-on achievers

Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 9:41 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

The call is now out for talented young New Zealand horticulturists to put themselves forward to enter their industry sector competitions, with the view of ultimately competing for the honour of being 2012’s top horticultural industry achiever. More >>

Horticulture competition cultivates young leaders

Friday, 11 November 2011, 9:44 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

Ben Smith of Pukekohe is the 2011 Young Horticulturist of the Year. Twenty-nine-year-old Ben, who represented Horticulture NZ, received his award at a function in Auckland this evening (Thursday November 10th). More >>

Down-to-earth competition ahead

Monday, 12 September 2011, 2:59 pm | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

The contest will be tight. The six finalists in this year’s Young Horticulturist of the Year competition have all demonstrated they know their plants and their produce. More >>

The search is on for a new crop of achievers

Monday, 28 March 2011, 11:13 am | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

Your country needs you – the call is out to young people who are working full time in the horticulture industry to enter the seventh annual Young Horticulturist of the Year competition. More >>

Excellence in a growth area

Friday, 5 November 2010, 12:26 pm | Young Horticulturist Of The Year

Stuart Dudley of Blenheim is the 2010 Young Horticulturist of the Year.  Twenty-eight-year-old-year-old Stuart, a viticulturist at Delegat’s Wines Estate represented NZ Wine Growers at the Auckland final. More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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