National Young Grower of the Year 2025 Competition Modules
2025 Young Grower of the Year Modules
Grow Home Safe: Health, Safety & Wellbeing module
Safety and wellness is paramount in Horticulture. Contestants will apply theory to practice. Supported by Grow Home Safe.
Farmlands: Botany module
From anatomy to taxonomy, competitors explore a fundamental unit of Horticulture - Botany. Supported by Farmlands
SPS: Innovation module
Contestants develop a proposal for a “real life” innovation relating to a product, process or service in horticulture. Supported by SPS.
Horticentre: Nutrition & Fertigation module
Ensuring the right balance of nutrients ensures optimal plant growth. Competitors get to grips with getting it right. Supported by Horticentre.
Cultivate Leadership: Grow Through Challenge module
Growers lead & collaborate through dynamic, hands-on challenges demonstrating how they rise under pressure, adapt to change, and harness the power of teamwork.
Ballance: Leadership Q&A Panel
Contestants will be quizzed for their thoughts and ideas for current and future issues in Horticulture. Supported by Ballance Agri-nutrients.
FMG: Protecting your patch: Managing Risk and using insurance in Horticulture module
This module supports participants in understanding, managing, and protecting against risks. Supported by FMG
MPI: Low Emissions Food Production module
Knowing, understanding, and reducing climate impacts are key goals for horticulture. Competitors will showcase their understanding of the impacts and ways that they can reduce them.
Fruitfed: Integrated Pest Management module
Identifying disease and pests in horticulture is critical. Contestants meet different examples and determine how they would manage them. Supported by Fruitfed.