Students
CITY & GUILDS CERTIFICATE IN GARDENING
Resources
- Extensive glasshouse facilities
- Field nursery stock production
- Computer controlled environmental and irrigation systems
- Fruit and container production units
- Plant propagation centre
- Fully equipped landscape training centre
- Demonstration garden for leading national retailers
- Fully labelled plant collectiopn throughout the College grounds
- 10 acres of landscaped gardens and two National Collections within Broadview Gardens
- Fully commercial garden centre
Typical Employers
Local authorities, nurseries, garden centres, publicly and privately owned gardens, commercial landscaping companies.
Industry Links
Students benefit from a wide range of links with commercial nurseries, research institutes, organic producers, public and privately owned gardens as well as exposure to the retail world through our onsite garden centre. The College is also a member of the Royal Horticultural Society; NCCPG and the Hardy Plant Society.
This qualification is awarded upon completion of any 5 City & Guilds courses, with each one culminating in a written test of short answer questions. The modules which contribution to the achievement of this qualifications are: Lawns, Landscapes & Structures; Plant Propagation; Weeds, Pests & Diseases; Organic Gardening; Garden Design; Garden History; Growing Vegetables & Salads; Trees Shrubs & Hedges; Beds & Borders; Ponds & Water Features; Growing Fruit &and Wildlife Gardening. Each course includes a written examination which we expect students to sit. These units can either be booked individually, or a discount of £100 on the tuition fee is available if payment of all fees is made in advance.
Entry Requirements An interest in the subject.
Location
Canterbury, Hadlow, Medway - Cozenton Nursery, Rainham, Mottingham
Start Date Throughout the year.
Course Duration
5 units, 10 weeks per unit.
Registration Fee (for all 5 courses payable in advance) £120
Tuition Fee (for all 5 courses payable in advance) £400