Date – 7 June 2023
Time – 10:30 am
Wednesday 7th June 2023
HMP Hull
HMP Hull, Hedon Road, Hull, HU9 5LS
Meet Time: 10.30am
By car, head towards the ferry port and the prison is just before it. There is a free car park (number 4) for visitors on Southcoates Lane.
HMP Hull has award winning internal grounds and is a positive demonstration of the use of horticulture as a tool for rehabilitation. Currently 20 inmates undertake an NVQ in Practical Horticultural Skills as part of their rehabilitation, actively participating in a range of horticultural tasks within the walls: from general amenity horticulture to commercial enterprise and environmental initiatives. Giving them the valuable skills to enable them to seek employment in the sector upon release.
Horticulture Instructors Dave Wilson & Pete Bartle will lead our tour of the horticultural facilities and workshops and facilitate a discussion with prisoners employed on the gardens team as well as the prison senior management about the use of horticulture as a tool for rehabilitation and the benefits to health and wellbeing.
Networking Lunch
The Haven Arms, Hedon, Hull HU12 8HH
Between the visits a networking lunch will be provided in the Haven Arms, (equidistant between the venues) for members and guests to get to know each other.
Premier Plant Producers
Berrygate Hill Nurseries Ltd, Hull Road, Keyingham, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU12 9ST
Premier Plant Producers Ltd is a wholesale young plant propagator specialising in salads, brassicas, and tree saplings, in a selection of tray styles and sizes, from pressed peat blocks to loose-filled modules. An independent family business established in 1949 by Joh Overvoorde after coming from Holland to settle in Hull, East Yorkshire. It is now run by his son Peter, and his grandson Will, who are the fifth and sixth generation of the Overvoorde family in horticulture.
The nursery comprises 17 acres of modern biomass-boiler heated greenhouses in combination with a further six acres of outdoor hardening-off areas. In a bid supplement the country’s future tree planting requirements and pursue the business’ personal journey to becoming carbon neutral, Premier Plant Producers Ltd has more recently begun growing its own cell-grown tree stock. https://www.premierplantproducers.co.uk/
Cost: Members £10 and Guests £15 (To cover lunch)
This this is open to all, including students. Members wishing to explore car sharing options should get in touch.
RSVP: Jason Daff via email: northern@horticulture.org.uk by Wednesday 24th May
Due to the nature of this visit, members and guests must confirm their attendance in advance and agree to the conditions of entry to the prison. Please bring a form of photo ID (drivers’ licence, passport etc). No phones, laptops, tablets, or smart watches are allowed into the establishment, neither is any smoking equipment.