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Distance
learning courses and the RHS full time courses offer
a range of qualifications designed to provide nationally
recognised accreditation of horticultural knowledge,
biological sciences and garden and landscape design.
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progression from the RHS Level 2 Certificate in
Horticulture, designed to provide an entry to
professional horticulture, through the Level 3 Advanced
Certificate and Diploma qualifications, to the RHS Master of
Horticulture, the Society’s most prestigious
qualification. |
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of you that would like to start off smaller or would like to
work from home without time deadlines can choose an
equivalent NCFE Level 3 certificate course or Ascentis Level
3 certificate recognised by most employers as similar to
A-Level standard. Level 3 courses can assist you in career
development, continued professional development and personal
development. These courses are ideal for people that want to
change their career, self employed, full time workers,
single parents, retired etc. |
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Local Garden Design Colleges & Universities |
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Bournemouth
University |
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include: Horticulture Cert HE. Horticulture FdSc. Arboriculture Cert HE.
Landscape and Garden Design Cert HE. Landscape and Garden Design FdA. |
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Capel
Manor College
(London) was established as a centre for
horticultural studies in 1968. Their team of
specialist staff, facilities and resources for the
study and practice of horticulture are unrivalled.The
college received Regional CoVE status for Greater
London in 2002, for horticulture, landscaping and
garden design. It offers a range of courses
including part-time, day, evening and short course,
as well as full-time study, for school leavers and
mature students. |
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some of the courses available: BTEC
Horticulture, RHS
Advanced Certificate, RHS Level
2 Certificate & RHS
Diploma. |
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Falmouth
College of Arts
(Cornwall) |
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A leading specialist college with an
international reputation for excellence in art, design and
media. The College
offers a wide range of BA(Hons) undergraduate and MA
postgraduate courses in Art, Design, Media and Performance
including Garden Design. |
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Garden
Design School – GDS
(Wiltshire) – is one of the UK’s foremost
providers of specialist training courses in garden design.
The School is unique in that over 80% of teaching is
undertaken by the college’s founders, Moira Farnham and
Robin Templar Williams. They are both accomplished,
respected, freelance garden designers and have a combined
30 years experience teaching various garden design courses
and workshops both at home and abroad. They are also
Registered Members of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD)
and have designed and built award-winning gardens at the
RHS’s Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows.
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Inchbald
School of Design
- (London) - The Inchbald
School of Design pioneered garden design teaching in the
UK, using the course to complete a training that
concentrated on the domestic environment. This remains our
speciality and the course has expanded to accommodate the
increased demand for professionalism. The school
maintains strong connections within the garden design
profession enabling us to place students with established
designers. Offers courses in Garden
Design from 3 days to 3 years duration. |
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Guildford
College - (Surrey)
Guildford College’s Merrist Wood has a strong tradition
of excellence in garden design and has won a total of 38
medals at Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows since
1973, including several gold and Best in Show gardens. The
Campus has a well-equipped design studio, an extensive
horticulture and design library and an unrivalled plant
collection. |
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Arboriculture, Countryside Management, Floristry, Garden Design,
Horticulture, Landscaping & Sports Turf. |
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Hadlow
College - (Kent)
Offers a wide range of garden design and horticultural
courses including...... |
| National Award in Horticulture (Design or Organic),
NVQ Level 3 Production Horticulture, NVQ Level 2 Production Horticulture,
National Diploma in Horticulture, NVQ Level 2 Amenity Horticulture (Landscape),
NVQ Level 2 Amenity Horticulture, NVQ Level 1 Horticulture, First Diploma in Horticulture,
NVQ Level 3 Amenity Horticulture, Land Based Studies
(Horticulture). |
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KLC
School of Design (London)
is world renowned for the quality of its training in
Garden Design. Their vocational courses are delivered in a
professional, friendly and stimulating environment and it
is our policy to use only practising professionals for all
aspects of the tuition provided. |
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SYLLABUS INCLUDES: Principles of Garden Design.
Measuring the Site and Analysing the Existing Garden.
Planning the Layout of the Garden and Garden Masterplans.
Fundamentals of Planting. Visit to Gardens to take
photos/sketches for Planting Plan. Overview of Garden
Styles. Hard Landscaping in the Garden. Working to a
Client Brief. Small Garden Project. Small Planting Project.
Thinking of a Career in Garden Design? |
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Myerscough
College (Nr Preston)
- Offering full and part time courses as well as online
courses such as Agriculture and Countryside,
Arboriculture, Animal Studies, Business, Garden Design,
Construction, Equine, Horticulture, Landscape & Sportsturf. |
| St
Michael's Road, Bilsborrow, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 0RY. |
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Newcastle
College - If you'd like a
career in landscaping, amenity horticulture, garden
design, sports turf, or are
interested in
working in the outdoor environment then a Horticulture or
Landscape Design course could be for you. |
| Offers:
BTEC National Diploma in Horticulture, First Certificate
in Horticulture, NPTC Certificate in Horticulture Skills
and more. |
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Oxford
College of Garden Design
(Oxford) - Widely regarded as one of the top garden
design courses in the world. The college is run by award
winning international designer Duncan Heather, and was one
of the first schools in the country to have its Diploma
course university accredited to Post Graduate Diploma
level. |
| Greystone, Colmore Lane,
Henley-on-Thames, RG9 5NA. |
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Reaseheath
College - Nantwich,
Cheshire. |
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List: Foundation in Horticulture.
First Diploma in Horticulture. City and Guilds National Certificate in Horticulture.
National Award in Garden Design. National Diploma in Amenity Horticulture.
National Diploma in Commercial Plant Production. Advanced Certificate in Garden Design.
Professional Diploma in Garden Design. HNC in Landscape Management (Part-time).
Practical Certificate in Gardening (Part-time). RHS Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture (Part-time).
RHS Advanced Certificate in Horticulture (Part-time). RHS Diploma in Horticulture (Part-time).
NVQ Level 1 Horticulture (Part-time). NVQ Level 2 Horticulture (Part-time).
NVQ Level 3 Landscaping (Part-time). NVQ Level 4 Amenity Horticulture (Part-time).
Foundation Degree/HNC Garden and Landscape Design. BSc (Hons) top-up Landscape Design. |
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The
English Gardening School
(London) was founded in 1983 by Rosemary Alexander,
a pioneering figure in the gardening world. Based at the
historic Chelsea Physic Garden, the School offers courses
for all gardeners, from the green-fingered beginner to the
professional garden designer. |
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Royal Hospital Road, London. |
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University
of Greenwich (London) |
| Offers a wide range of
Garden Design and the History of Garden Design. Certificate, HNC, HND, BA (Hons),
MA. Full, part time and distance learning courses. The
University of Greenwich offers the best of both worlds,
city and country. As a student you would be on the
doorstep of London, but also the cream of Kent -
rolling hills, pub-to-pub walks, seaside resorts and
Canterbury Cathedral - not far away. |
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Writtle
College - Chelmsford,
Essex. |
| Offers a certificate
in Garden Design and HND and BSc (Hons) courses in Garden
Design, Landscape Design,
Restoration and Management. Writtle College campus is a unique place. It is set in its own 220 hectare estate with landscaped gardens, working animal units, construction areas, workshops and retail, business and leisure operations. |
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