Following the useful meeting with FOA last Thursday it was agreed that the planting competition needs its original focus and intention restored. My conclusions are, I think, as follows, but I would welcome any other comments:

The Competition should be specifically geared to find a new ‘hands-on’ gardener for Hadspen; it should NOT seek a proposal to be executed and maintained by others.

I propose therefore to offer the successful candidate an initial three year contract, with accommodation, plus a planting budget and logistic support.

The competition format now definitely requires CVs, representative portfolios of photographs, referees, and a statement of approach.

Applications will be screened and shortlisted in-house.

The judging panel will become an interview panel.

Each member of the interview panel must have direct gardening experience. So: poets, painters, curators, sculptors, opera designers, composers etc who have a strong parallel interest in gardening or natural ecology, or even a garden themselves……

How does this change our networking/PR strategy?

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