A young horticulturist helping her community grow

摘要

2017 was a big year for Erin Atkinson. Crowned Young Grower of the Year in August, she was the first woman to gain the title. At the national final for the Young Horticulturist of the Year in November, she won the Horticentre Charitable Trust Community Engagement Award, winning $ 1,500."I have to pinch myself sometimes," said the 31-year-old technical advisor for ApataGrow, a Te Puke based kiwifruit packhouse.