Students
CITY & GUILDS BEDS & BORDERS
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.
Looking at a wide range of herbaceous plants including annuals, biennals and bedding as well as tub and basket planting, this course helps students assess which plant is suitable to which position in the garden and provides instruction on how to plant a garden border.
Entry Requirements An interest in the subject.
Location
Hadlow
Start Date Daytime: Friday 15th January 2010, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Evening: Thursday 22nd April 2010, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Course Duration
10 weeks.
Registration Fee £30
Tuition Fee £100