Students
CITY & GUILDS PONDS & WATER FEATURES
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.
Introducing you to ponds and water features within the garden environment, this course is ideal for anyone who enjoys wildlife and appreciates the importance of a water source in the garden. It will show you how best to use water features as a design element, how to construct a pond, what features to include and the ongoing maintenance issues.
Entry Requirements An interest in the subject.
Location
Hadlow
Start Date Evening: Thursday 22nd April 2010, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Course Duration
10 weeks.
Registration Fee £30
Tuition Fee £100