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DIPLOMA IN WORK BASED HORTICULTURE (LANDSCAPING) (LEVEL 2)

Student on an Amenity Horticulture course at Hadlow College

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.

More about Horticulture, Landscape & Design Courses faculty

Formerly known as an NVQ, this course is aimed at students who are already working in the industry and provides an understanding of the essential skills needed to within the landscape sector. Complementing your existing experience with a mix of theory and practical training, by the end of the course you will have gained a solid foundation within this industry and be able to carry out a variety of different tasks. Training will take place in the workplace at a suitable time arranged with the assessor.

Entry Requirements

Students must be employed or in a 1 year work placement within the industry.

Location
Workplace

Start Date

Subject to demand.

Course Duration
1 year.

Course Content

This can include:

  • Monitor and maintain health and safety
  • Establish plants outdoors
  • Maintain general amenity turf
  • Establish and develop decorative amenity areas

Registration Fee

Diploma: £135
Apprenticeship: Employer contribution: £395

Tuition Fee

Diploma: £650 (over 19s only)
Apprenticeship: £0