- Course Dates
- 13 February 2025 - 3 July 2025
- Duration
1 day a week
17 weeks
Please note classes do not run during half terms.
- Location
- Plumpton College
Course Overview
Start a career in horticulture and garden design with our level 2 programme
This Level 2 Course will introduce to you the basics of garden design to start a career within horticulture or expand your knowledge for your own personal garden.
You will cover the following units:
- Garden design process
- Graphics and scale drawing
- Planning for Garden design projects
- Plant knowledge
- Plant selection and care
- Plant and soil science
This course is a portfolio based course.
Entry Requirements
There are no entry requirements but some previous knowledge of either gardening or art based subjects would be an advantage.
- You will need to purchase a scale ruler, pens, pencils and a compass.
- Steel toed capped boats would be useful for practical work
- Paper will be supplied.
Financial support, course fees and work experience at Plumpton College
Bursaries
Financial support could be available to you depending on your household income, eligibility criteria, and level of study. A bursary, which is money given directly by the Government, could help fund bus travel, accommodation, course equipment, college meals, or educational trips.
Course Fees
Students aged 16-18 on 31st August in the year of starting the course do not pay tuition fees.
Students aged 19-23 studying their Level 1, 2 or first Level 3 may be entitled to tuition fee waiver depending on criteria eligibility.
Students aged 24+ who are studying a second Level 3 course or aged 24+ who are studying their first Level 3 course will have to pay tuition fees, depending on the course.
Students on low income who can prove they earn less than £25,000 (from September 2024); are unemployed; or receive state benefits could be entitled to a tuition fee waiver.
All students pay a standard facility fee to use communal, non-educational facilities. Material fees apply to Floristry, Blacksmithing and metalwork, Agricultural Engineering, and Motor Vehicle students, which contribute to quality resources and equipment for their studies, and the fee depends on the subject.
Equipment & PPE
Students on a 14-16, Level 1, 2, 3, or Foundation Learning course may be required to purchase equipment such as a uniform, PPE, or kit before starting their course.
Work Experience
Work experience enhances your studies and is an important part of your course. It ensures you leave college ready for the world of work. It is compulsory to undertake an element of work experience when studying a Level 1, 2, or 3 course.
Other courses that may interest you
- Garden Design Level 3 Diploma
- How to make a Pollinator Garden One Day Workshop
- Introduction to Biodynamic Gardening 1 Day Workshop
- Introduction to Creating a Cutting Garden Workshop One Day Course
- Introduction to Making your own Compost Workshop One Day Course
- Introduction to Plant Propagation Workshop One Day Course
- Introduction to Planting Design Workshop One Day Course
- Introduction to Pruning at the Right Time Workshop One Day Course
- Introduction to Soil Health - Understanding the Magic of the Growing Environment 1 Day Workshop
- Know Your Garden (formerly A Year in the Garden) City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Practical Horticulture
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations LANTRA
- Living Soils Professional Continued Professional Development
- Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus – Cat & Genny LANTRA
- Practical Horticulture and Estates Skills (Hasting Campus) City & Guilds Level 2 Qualification in Horticulture
- RHS Level 3 Certificate in Practical Horticulture RHS Level 3
- RHS Practical - Certificate in Practical Horticulture RHS Level 2 Certificate
- RHS Theory - Principles of Horticulture RHS Level 2 Certificate
- Sustainable Management of Living Soils 2 Day Course
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