General Horticulture
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Learn about culturing and caring for trees. This Advanced Certificate focuses on the culture and care of trees, providing a sound foundation for any working or hoping to work with tree establishment or maintenance. Unlike many other courses in arboriculture, this course also provides a broad foundation across all aspects of horticulture. |
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This course is an excellent starting point to employment in professional horticulture by assessing knowledge of the scientific principles underpinning horticultural practices. The course also supports career development for those already working in the profession. It also provides a foundation for further learning or training in the field of horticulture.
There are no prerequisites required for entry into this course. |
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Learn to sucessfully run a wholesale nursery business. For people who work, or hope to work, as a supervisor, manager or owner operator of a wholesale or production nursery. This is a 600 hour covering both management and horticultural studies relating to running a wholesale nursery. There are 6 units plus a workplace project in this course. These include the 4 core units common to all streams of the Advanced Certificate (C12CN001), and two specialist units of study relating to the operation and management of wholesale nurseries. |
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Understand the basics of crop production. A course for people working, or intending to work, in orchards or market gardens. This course is similar to other VHT002 horticulture certificates in its introductory (core) units, but devotes 50% of the course to topics specifically related to crop production. |
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Develop your skills and knoweledge in the care and maitenance of parks, gardens and turf facilities. A 400 hour course that provides initial training for gardeners, groundsmen and others involved in the care and maintenance of parks, gardens and turf facilities. This course is similar to other horticulture certificates in its introductory (core) units, but devotes 50% of the course to topics specifically related to grounds maintenance. |
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Learn all about ornamental plants. A 400-hour course that provides initial training for anyone working, or intending to work in ornamental horticulture. The course is designed to teach the basics of how to identify, grow, and maintain ornamental plants and gardens in any climate. Emphasis is placed on the plant varieties which are horticulturally most valuable. Topics covered include garden maintenance, turf care, arboriculture, landscaping, and nursery work. |
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Develop expertise in plant protection! A 400 hr Advanced Certificate that provides initial training in the area of plant protection. This course is similar to other VHT002 horticulture certificates in its core units, but devotes 50% of the course to topics specifically related to plant protection |
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Become skilled at managing turf. A 400 hour course designed principally for turf workers at golf courses, bowling greens, sports fields, or councils. This course is similar to other VHT002 horticulture certificates in its introductory (core) units, but devotes 50% of the course to topics specifically related to turf culture, species and management.
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Further expand your knowledge to work with turf! This course provides a very sound foundation for a career in the turf industry. Graduates may find employment in such positions as a superintendent, greens manager, sales or marketing representative or technician. |
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Gain the knowledge and skills you need to work in amenity horticulture. Explain the nature and scope of providing, establishing and managing amenity horticulture sites. This course has been developed by professionals in both Australia and the UK, with the aim of being relevant throughout the world. This is a module in the Royal Horticultural Society's Master of Horticulture. |
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Enhance your amenity horticulture knowledge. An Amenity Site is primarily used for recreation, pleasure, visual enhancement or environmental improvement rather than for the production of economic crops. Prerequisite : You must complete Amenity Horticulture I before atempting thias course. |
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A good foundation in tree care and culture. This course develops your skills and understanding in diagnosis and treatment of tree disorders, whether pests, diseases, nutritional or water problems, or something else. You learn about the standard tree surgery practices, to prune and train both young and established trees, and safety measures to follow. |
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Build on your existing aboriculture knowledge!
Develops your ability to manage trees beyond Arboriculture I, in order to minimize potential long term tree problems. Learn about better tree selection, strengthening and improving health of existing trees, and techniques used to better remove trees and stumps that must be removed. |
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Become an expert at cut flower growing. Cut flower growing has experienced rapid expansion in recent decades, resulting in increased demand for training in the skills and knowledge required by this industry in increasingly affluent countries. This course provides a thorough basic training for the commercial cut flower grower. |
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Learn the skills necessary to manage a retail nursery. This course develops both skills required to manage a retail business, and knowledge in identification, care and handling of plants and other products sold through retail nurseries. It is aimed at managers and/or supervisors rather than workers. |
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Plant Propagation- Become and Expert!
A 600 hour course designed principally for plant propagators. This course is similar to other VHT002 horticulture certificates in its introductory (core) units, but devotes 50% of the course to topics specifically related to plant propagation, dealing with hundreds of different.
types of plants, and methods used to propagate them.
Accredited through the International Accreditation & Recognition Council. |
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NEW. Garden History will enlighten you, and vastly expand the scope of possibilities you have before you as a modern garden designer. Learn about the history of our great gardens and gardeners. Study the history of gardens and understand how gardens have evolved over the centuries, and broaden your perspective on what is possible and appropriate in garden design today. Lessons cover garden designers, great gardens and garderners of the world, private and public gardens, globilisation of gardens, scope and nature of modern garden conservation, the roles of organisations in garden conservation and much more. |
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Become expert at maintaining your garden.!
Maintain a garden in perfect conditions in the most efficient way! Save time and resources and have the most beautiful garden nonetheless. Over ten lessons, you learn how to effectively maintain a garden while reducing the amount of time, labour and costs involved. A course for garden horticulturalists, gardeners and garden owners. |
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Higher Advanced Diploma in Horticulture
Do you work in a nursery or want to develop a career in one in a managerial position? Then this course is the best for you. This course has been specifically designed to provide excellent and applied training for people wishing to work in nurseries at a technician or management level; in positions such as nursery managers, technical representatives or consultants. |
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Would you like to care and manage parks, natural parks, holiday and recreation resort facilities? This course provides training for people to work in the management and development of recreation and park facilities and services. It is relevant to all types of situations including municipal parks, national parks, tourist parks, commercial landscapes, resorts, etc. |
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administrative skills and attention to detail. Katie is also an Arborist and is an accomplished lecturer, horticulture consultant and freelance writer. She is also a judge for the International Awards for Liveable Communities in the Whole City Category.
One of Katies more challenging positions was her appointment as Area Manager for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in France.