The feature picture above shows Stuart Phillips, BALI Chalk Fund Trustee in a hole in the rose garden behind the Palm House at Kew. His feet are on London gravel, and his shoulders are at 14 foot down (or the reach of a 360 degree digger). Stuart has kindly shared this photo of his early
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Next up in our “BALI Chalk Fund at 50” series, Richard Gardiner, Trustee and owner of NAG Solutions shares a little of his memories from his landscape industry experiences over the years. Over to you, Richard! What do you wish you knew when you started your career in the landscape sector? I wish I’d been
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Working alongside our Trustees, Diane McCulloch is the first voice our Champions and prospective Champions will hear. So we thought we’d hear from her too, in our “BALI Chalk Fund at 50” series – and the image above shows our Diane at Tatton Park Flower Show where she helped Helen Elks-Smith, the garden’s designer, gain
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The deliberation is complete. The winners of the National Student of the Year Awards 2025 have been selected and notified – and we’re really pleased to be able to announce and congratulate: Chloë Webster from KLC West Dean for the Garden Design Student of the Year Award 2025 Archie Matthews from Myerscough College for the
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In the “BALI Chalk Fund at 50” series, we have been asking our Trustees and Team members to think back over their own landscape and horticultural careers – whether these go back 50 years or not! Paul Cowell, BALI Chalk Fund Trustee, Chartered Landscape Architect and owner of PC Landscapes takes the microphone next –
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In the BALI Chalk Fund’s 50th year, we have not only been celebrating everything that the Fund has achieved in a half-century of support for education and training in the landscape sector, but we have been thinking back. Thinking back to when we all started our careers in horticulture or landscape… Peter Jennins, Chair of
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The BALI Chalk Fund Top Student of the Year achievers have been announced. This year has seen a welcome increase in student entry numbers as well as colleges participating. As a consequence, the high standard of the efforts and entries has made final deliberations by each college’s tutorship all the more difficult. The Top Students
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Funding the future of your UK landscape Recently receiving donations from fundraisers in 2024 and 2025, the BALI Chalk Fund would like to thank Phoenix Amenity Supplies, Green-Tech #ChallengeforCharities and Composite Prime. Upcoming Events The BALI Yorkshire and North East Regional Members Golf Day will be taking place on 1 May 2025, with funds raised
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Student Submission window closes As the Student Submission window closes, the BALI Chalk fund Student of the Year team will begin to review the nominations from BALI student colleges for this academic year. With the increased promotional activity across digital, PR and marketing platforms, entrant numbers have risen by 125%. The next stage From Friday
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BALI Chalk Fund gathering momentum in 2025 The BALI Chalk Fund was set up in 1975 in memory of British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) founder member Geoffrey Chalk. Now in its 50th year, the fund continues to rally for funding, focusing on skills development across the landscape industry. Fast approaching 50 Champion supporters, 2025
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