2026 HILLDROP TRAINING
APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN AT THE END OF JANUARY
Hilldrop will be running this year's training across five days in 2026 (see dates below), equipping the 'modern gardener' with the skills to design sustainable green spaces for a changing world. Training you in everything but horticulture, you will learn from the best, from cob as habitat and the importance of dead wood to ecology and creative maintenance.
We are looking for people with, ideally, at least two years professional experience, though this can be negotiable. We particularly welcome applications from minoritised groups as well as those who are economically disadvantaged to try and ensure our trainees are representative of a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
To guarantee the ongoing exchange of knowledge, we hope to build a community of gardeners who have been through the Hilldrop Training and would afterwards be able to go into a community garden and share their new-found knowledge.
This would be a one-off paid day and we will be asking community spaces to apply to us for a gardener in our next phase.
All our training is free and will take place at Hilldrop in Essex. We will be filling out the details of the training and trainers later this month.
Friday 15th May
Friday 5th June
Friday 19th June
Friday 26th June
Friday 19th July
If you don't wish to apply - or don't end up getting a place on the course - we will also be running most of the same training as individual courses which you will be able to book and pay for through our website next month.
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