Students
ABC CERTIFICATE IN ARBORICULTURE (THEORY) (LEVEL 2)
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.
Covering the selection, supply and aftercare of plants (including nomenclature), this course is run in partnership with The Royal Forestry Society. You will learn about health and safety; the maintenance of equipment and how to correctly survey the tree prior to starting work. Underpinning the whole course will be an understanding of current legislation and ecological issues surrounding the woodland.
Entry Requirements Whilst no formal requirements exist, students would benefit from prior horticultural knowledge or experience in arboriculture.
Location
Hadlow
Start Date Evening: Monday 21st September 2009, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Course Duration
2 years.
Registration Fee £100
Tuition Fee £450 Please note: registration and tuition fees are payable each year of the course.