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