David Miller Award
The David Miller Travel Bursary Award aims to give young plant scientists or horticulturists the opportunity of domestic or overseas travel in connection with their horticulture careers.
Horticulture Group
What are we interested in?
Horticultural science
Understanding the fundamental properties of plants and their applications
Commercial production horticulture
Developing efficient, sustainable processes for commercial scale production of crops
Plant and environmental science
How plants and the industries based upon them interact with the wider environment
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Message from the Chair
Alec Forsyth
Chair
Welcome to the SCI Horticulture Group page. We bring together those interested in horticulture from across the industry; from those carrying out research on horticultural plants to those responsible for producing fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants for sale. Horticulture is among the most varied of our activities, as it brings together science from the molecular to the whole plant and crop levels, ways of producing food and ornamental crops at significant scales both using mechanisation and people skills, product storage, packaging, delivery systems and both direct and online selling. This range of activities requires co-operation with across a range of science societies and professional bodies, and with the many groups who make up SCI. We are thus interested in making links and are happy to hear both from those who would like to join us as members of the group and those who would be keen to co-operate with us.
SCI Horticulture Group Education Consultation
We have undertaken a systematic review of Higher Education plant science, horticulture and botany courses offered in the UK. We have scored each module offered against 63 topic areas and now have a clear picture of the content of these courses and just how little or how much plant content there is, and which subjects are being taught. Now we have a benchmark from which to work, we are keen to share our data and consult with a wide range of industry representatives to elucidate what members of the industry consider should be part of any educational programme, and we are keen to consult with academics to work on the delivery. Register to be involved in the consultation
Lords Select Committee Inquiry: The horticultural sector
SCI's Horticulture Group submitted written evidence to the Lords Horticultural Sector Committee Inquiry into the horticultural sector.
Read the final report from the Lords CommitteeMeet the Committee Officers
In brief
SCI’s Horticulture Group helps to turn horticultural science into business practice, by building links between higher education establishments, botanic gardens, growers and producers of horticultural crops and associated supply companies. We do this through career support as well as holding forums for discussion on issues relevant to the full range of horticulture-related industries, public authorities, academics and other interested parties.
