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  • Idverde sponsor student bursary for horticulture at Greenmount Campus

    Date published: 23 September 2019

    Northern Ireland’s leading landscaping and grounds maintenance company ‘Idverde’ formally ‘out there’, has for a second year provided a bursary worth £1,000 for full time students embarking on the Foundation Degree in Horticulture at Greenmount Campus, Antrim.

    Stephen Thompson and Laura Henderson, Idverde (centre) with David Dowd Senior Lecturer in charge of Higher Education in Horticulture at Greenmount Campus surrounded by new full time Foundation Degree students.

    Students compete for the bursary by submitting a technical report on a title provided by the company.

    Stephen Thompson, Managing Director within the Ballyclare based company in NI, in promoting the bursary said: “Idverde is pleased to support young people as they embrace the exciting opportunities available within in the horticultural industry especially at supervisory and management level.”

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