Patrick Wiltshire has buzzed his way to victory again. The Northern Regional Final of the Institute of Horticulture’s Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition, was won by last year’s winner Patrick Wiltshire from East Yorkshire. It was a convincing win: the other seven contestants from across the North of England could only watch in amazement as Patrick ratcheted up his score.

Wiltshire will now go forward to the National Final of the competition at Glasnevin Botanical Gardens, Dublin on April 28th, where he will compete with the other seven Regional winners from across Britain and Ireland for the prestigious Percy Thrower Trust’s Young horticulturist of the Year title and a £2000 travel bursary.

He is currently working at the Birmingham Botanical gardens and is hoping to get a studentship at the Tresco Gardens on the Isles of Scilly as part of his career progression.

The eight contestants have come through college heats to win their place in the regional final and there have been more than 1000 students across Britain and Ireland taking part of this year’s competition.

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