Growing People with Plants, Changing Lives with Horticulture
Rudge Wood Horticulture is a Wolverhampton based Social Enterprise. Our mission is to transform lives through access to horticulture.
Who are we?
Rudge Wood Horticulture CIC was founded by joint directors, Darren Rudge and Helen Wood in 2020. Both have worked in horticulture for over 30 years; teaching, training and creating gardens.
Darren and Helen taught together at The Cedars Horticulture Centre in Wolverhampton, before its closure by Wolverhampton College in 2013. Since then, they have continued to teach and train many hundreds of horticulturalists in Birmingham and across the Black Country. In 2016 they help to set up an RHS approved qualification and teaching centre at Winterbourne Centre for Horticulture in Edgbaston, Birmingham, where they continue to deliver high quality education in horticulture.
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Working with local landscapers, nurseries and contractors
Both Darren and Helen have Garden Design consultancies, working with local landscapers, nurseries and contractors.
Helen has worked with The Royal Horticultural Society Qualifications as a professional associate since 2014 in theory exams, marking, setting papers and leading a level 2 team. Darren is also a professional associate for RHSQ, working to examine and verify practical qualifications across the country.
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What do we do?
We work with voluntary, private and public organisations and individuals to deliver transformative and sustainable impacts for people through Horticulture.
- Run workshops, consultancy and design, to help build resilient, accessible and sustainable landscapes and outdoor spaces.
- Provide courses, skills training, qualifications and support in Horticulture and Garden Design
- Facilitate and manage community workshops and volunteer opportunities.
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Recent Projects
August 2024 to October 2024 – Wolverhampton City Centre Planting Project
Customer: Access to Business Growing futures project, funded by Heart of England Community Fund
June 2024 – Blakenhall Green Corridor Project
Customer: Blakenhall Leisure and Community Association
Sept 2023 to Sept 2024 – Bilston Craft Gallery Garden Project
Customer: Access to Business ACTIV Project, Funded by DCMS.
2016 to present – Winterbourne Centre for Horticulture
Customer: Winterbourne House and Gardens,
Learners pay full cost fees for courses, to include Rudge Wood Hort. Delievry, resources and exam fees.
https://www.winterbourne.org.uk/rhs/
2020 – Keeping All Saints Safe & Healthy Project
Customer: All Saints Action Network
Environmental improvements in and around All Saints Campus comprising The Workspace, Southside sports and Mike Swain memorial Garden alongside community gardening space on Gower street in All Saints
2022 – Sowing the Streets Wolverhampton
Rudge Wood own devised project, funded by Creative Black Country
2023 – Wolverhampton At Gallery Coronation Planters
Wolverhampton City Council (Arts and Culture) funded from the Kings Coronation fund.
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