Professional Gardeners’ Trust Grant

Professional Gardeners’ Trust Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Professional Gardners' Trust
Last Updated: February 14, 2026

Summary

The Professional Gardeners’ Trust Grant supports professional gardeners in the UK who cannot afford training. Founded in 2004, it aims to enhance the skills and qualifications of gardeners, benefiting their careers and the horticulture industry. Eligible applicants must have at least two years of horticultural experience and demonstrate commitment. The grant does not cover equipment costs or study tours abroad. It is not available for full-time students or those unemployed, focusing on career advancement in gardening.

Overview

NOTE: We need to receive your completed application a minimum of 8 weeks before you need to enrol for the course. Background The Professional Gardener’s Trust is a registered charity that funds training and study for professional gardeners in the UK. Founded in 2004, the PGT provides gardeners with the opportunity to acquire skills and gain qualifications. This enhances their careers and benefits the horticulture profession as a whole. The purpose is for the applicant to gain a qualification to enhance their career as a professional gardener.  The PGT only considers applications for garden design courses where design skills are shown to be necessary and useful to the applicant's existing horticultural role.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. To apply for an award from the Professional Gardeners’ Trust (PGT) you need to be a professional gardener, working in the UK, who is unable to finance their own training.it should be clear that gardening is currently their job and main source of income or is shortly to become so.We require the applicant to have been working in horticulture for a minimum of 2 years already. The applicant should have demonstrated a clear commitment to horticulture.The training applied for should be appropriate to the current stage of the applicant’s career.The application includes an element of personal contribution from the applicant either in part-payment of fees, loss of work time, or travel costs.The applicant should be resident in the UK or Ireland and plan to work there. In exceptional circumstances, if the training is not available in the UK or Ireland, it may be done abroad. .The qualification or skill to be gained should not be an essential requirement of the applicant’s current job: in this case, the trustees would expect the employer to cover all the cost.The applicant should have applied for assistance from their employer. p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 18.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} li.li1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #000000} span.s2 {font-kerning: none} ol.ol1 {list-style-type: decimal}

Ineligibility

We do not consider applications where the applicant is intending to move into garden design as their primary source of income, except where the applicant has a significant career history in horticulture and has good reason for the move. If you are unemployed or planning a career change, we can’t consider you for an award. Awards are not for full-time students, with the exception of those who have shown a long-term commitment to horticultural work of at least seven years and who are seeking a more in-depth qualification to advance their career in horticulture.Equipment costs are not covered.Study tours abroad are not funded.