Do you like being outdoors, working with your hands and creating things that people can enjoy? If so, then a career in horticulture could be the right path
for you.

This Study Programme will provide you with a good basic understanding of the horticulture industry while giving you practical gardening skills in a realistic setting. You could go into a fulfilling career working in a wide-range of places from sports grounds to garden centres.

Qualification
– Level 1 Award/Certificate/Diploma inPractical Horticulture Skills.
– Level 2 Award/Certificate in PracticalHorticulture Skills.

What the programme covers:

– Turf and lawn care and identifying weeds.
-Preparing for sowing or planting under supervision.
-Plant container grown subjects.
-Prepare soil and apply organic mulch
– Water a bed, border or area of plants in containers.
-Determine soil phwith colour indicator test kit.
-Apply fertilisers by hand to bare ground.
– Aerate turf by hand.
– Scarification.
– Over mark sports lines.
– Repair area of damaged turf with seed.

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