Venues

Oatridge Campus

Content

This course is comprised of the NC Horticulture with additional subjects selected and tailored to provide a more thorough skill set, affording greater flexibility in the workplace. It provides sound practical experience in a wide range of Horticultural and propagational skills together with elements of design and its application.

You'll learn all about horticulture including growing and caring for plants, allotment gardening, house plants, designing gardens and commercial plant production which will allow you to move into positions within landscaping, garden design, estate management and local authority work to name but a few. The course also includes a work placement element designed to improve employability skills, allowing you to move into industry with more confidence. Positions within landscaping, garden design, estate management and local authority work are common destinations for graduates.

It is ideal for anyone with some industry experience, wishing to broaden their experience, or for those planning a career change.

Subjects Include:
Soils and Growing Media; Basic Botany; Plant husbandry and common disorders; Tree and shrub planting; Introduction to lawns and lawn care; Plant identification; Soft Landscaping: General Plantings; Soft landscaping: trees and shrubs; Horticultural Machinery: Operations and Maintenance; Plant Propagation; Garden Design; Allotment Gardening; Plant Display; Bedding Plant Production.

Entry Requirements

3 subjects at National 4 including English.

Progression Routes

Relevant HNC