Horticulture

The College has been offering high quality design and horticultural training courses for over half a century, with its historic walled garden housing an extensive collection and new horticultural unit.

Courses available

  • Intermediate and Advanced Apprenticeships in Horticulture
  • Level 1 Diploma in Work-based Horticulture
  • Level 2 in Horticulture - General
  • Level 2 in Horticulture - Sports Turf Management
  • Level 2 in Horticulture - Landscape Practice
  • Level 2 Diploma in Horticulture
  • Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horticulture
  • Foundation Degree Horticulture (Gardens and Green Space Management) (FdSc)
  • Foundation Degree Garden Design (FdA)
  • BA Garden Design (Final Year)

Garden Design taps into the pulse of lifestyle - from historically-referenced to hard-edged contemporary. From drawing board to iMac, from studio to site, our award winning Garden Design programmes are intended to produce graduates with a wide range of design and innovative skills, allied with positive entrepreneurial abilities - thus allowing them to enter and progress careers within the industry which demand high levels of professionalism.

Facilities

Facilities include glasshouses, new horticultural unit, a conservatory growing tropical plants, the arboretum and woodland areas, plant nursery, playing fields and potting sheds. All play a major role in curriculum delivery. In addition to plant-based resources, there is also access to indoor and outdoor workshop areas where relevant construction-based skills can be developed.The College

Come and join us so you can

  • Explore your creative potential to the full
  • Gain commercial, industrial and competitive experience to enhance your employability
  • Acquire and develop relevant high level garden design skills
  • Enjoy a rich and inclusive garden design curriculum
  • Gain satisfaction and reward from developing your garden design knowledge and understanding
  • Take advantage of employment, self-employment and fee-earning opportunities within the sector
  • Demonstrate imagination and innovation in an environment where these are valued and celebrated
  • Work both individually and collaboratively

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