Venues

Oatridge Campus

Content

Through the course, you will develop your landscaping, construction or horticultural experience and will increase your practical, design and scientific skills.

The course will increase your business skills through the study of modules such as Supervision Management and will give you practical skills and knowledge for the landscape industry through the study of specialist modules in hard landscaping and surveying.

Content includes: Practical Landscaping; Fundamentals of Landscape Surveying; Constructing Hard Landscape Features; Plant Recognition and Use; Soil Management; Horticulture Mechanisation Principles; Planting Design; Design Process & Composition in the Landscape.

Entry Requirements

2 Highers including a science subject plus English and Maths at National 5; or relevant national qualifications at SCQF Level 6.

Progression Routes

Year 2 of HND Horticulture