A HOLMFIRTH man has landed a place at the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Paul Heleine, 39, is to study at the famous Kew Gardens in London.
He is to attend a course leading to a Diploma in Horticulture, administered by the School of Horticulture, which is part of the Royal Botanic Gardens.
The gardens are on a 132-hectare site in London and are among the largest in the world. In June, the site achieved world status, being made a World Heritage Site.
This put it in the same league as the Tower of London, the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China.
Mr Heleine will benefit from the work enviroment and also the archives of the establishment. Kew holds one of the world's foremost botanical libraries and the 6m specimens of dried plants and fungi are used by botanists worldwide.
Before studying at Kew, Mr Heleine was working at Durham University's Botanic Garden. He also worked as a radio engineer.
After studying at Kew, Mr Heleine hopes to become a plantsman, nursery owner and writer.
