AP HOMEGROWN

Shaping Lives ~ Growing Trees

We are AP Homegrown and we’re on a mission to inspire more young people into a career in horticulture. We’re doing this through unique and engaging apprenticeships and training opportunities based here at Architectural Plants.

A Career In Horticulture

We started AP Homegrown because we believe that a career in horticulture can provide a truly rewarding future for young people. We also believe that with the amazing range of plants and incredible breadth of talent and knowledge at Architectural Plants, our nursery has everything we need to showcase all that is brilliant about our industry and help to inspire new generations of skilled and motivated young people to join our mission.

Our Message

Our message is simple: we want to grow and sell the most amazing plants on the planet. And we want to do this while the training future stars of our industry through dynamic and highly-practical horticultural training opportunities for young people aged 18-24 years olds.

To promote

Horticulture as a vital, viable, and vibrant career path for young people in the UK.

To develop

A highly-skilled, qualified and motivated workforce ready to lead in horticulture for years to come.

To support

All of the young people we work with into work or further training in the horticultural industry.

Meet Our Most Recent Graduates

*Dan* *secured a career in ground management with Brighton football club*

Hear From Dan

“Hi, I’m Dan. I began working as soon as I left school in 2017 not really sure about what I wanted to do. I got a job working on a 16-acre private garden estate maintaining the grounds. I wanted to push myself to a more professional level and got in touch with Architectural Plants, had a few trial days and had so much fun I thought an apprenticeship could be a fantastic opportunity for me. Over my time here I have learnt so much, acquired many new skills and met a range of great new people.

I learned and worked at AP for 3 years developing a passion for all things horticultural. I was AP’s first graduate apprentice to be made Deputy Nursery Manager. This experience has now helped me to secure a successful career in ground management for Brighton Football Club.”

Molly graduated with Distinction

*Molly graduated with a Distinction in 2024 & is currently on a gap year investigating tropical growing environments*

Meet Our Apprentices

Our Long Term Aim

Our long-term aim is for AP Homegrown to become a fully self-sufficient social enterprise making surplus, not profit, generated through the sale of plants grown by our very own apprentices and through the delivery of landscape garden services to private and commercial clients. This surplus would then be reinvested to further develop our training offer and provide more opportunities to young people interested in a career in horticulture.