The David Colegrave Foundation (DCF) announced at Glee today that The Blue Diamond group of garden centres has donated £10,000 to provide a set of horticultural scholarships.

The awards will be in addition to the foundation’s existing scholarships, which support horticultural students as they target careers in the UK’s ornamental horticulture industry.

Blue Diamond CEO Alan Roper (second from right) is pictured shaking hands with DCF trustee Stuart Lowen, watched by fellow trustees, Caroline Owen of Scotsdale Garden Centre and broadcaster and writer Peter Seabrook (right) and Neil Gow.