The National Trust for Scotland has unveiled a garden apprentice scheme to help nurture the next generation of talent to care for its 38 gardens.
With a worrying shortage of people with the right blend of skills and experience to care for its gardens, the National Trust for Scotland decided be pilot its own apprenticeship scheme.
The two-year programme, which will initially seek five apprentice gardeners, will be based on the modern apprenticeship in horticulture at SVQ Level 2 and will start in early September 2018.