Our greenhouse in full bloom!
Students studying for land based qualifications or taking part in extra-curricular activities enjoy using our glasshouses; they are also used by visiting community groups and organisations.
Students studying lots of different subjects at OCC also use the glasshouses in projects, technology students study the heat, light and ventilation controls and our young artists use the plants we grow here to study form colour and design for example.
Inside our glasshouse
Greenhouses allow us to control the growing environment.
At Oathall we have various systems to help us alter conditions via heating, cooling, lighting and irrigation depending on the time of year in order to maximise the potential of our growing spaces.
We have entered the show garden competition at the South of England Show on five separate occasions and we have won four times (in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011) which is an outstanding achievement for a 11 – 16 secondary school.
Read more about our winning entires below:
‘A Guiding Hand’
South of England Show 2011 – ‘A Guiding Hand Garden’ by Oathall wins first place
The design aims to symbolically represent the nurturing and supporting hand that is given to young people by their parents, teachers and many others as they make their journey through life.
Our hope is that this nurturing garden provides a safe haven for young people; a place to sit and enjoy, a place to relax and reflect, but most of all a place to feel a sense of reassurance, a Guiding hand from those around us who care.
