Practical Horticulture (RHS Level 2 Certificate) - Suffolk Rural (Otley)

Course Overview

This course is based at our Suffolk Rural campus in Otley.

The RHS certificates are ideal for those looking for a career change, professional horticulturists, casual learners seeking a part-time course and budding allotmenteers!

On studying the RHS Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture, you will learn a wide variety of horticulture techniques such as;

• Sowing seeds
• Care and pruning of plants
• Establishing seeds and plants
• Common garden plants, weeds, pests, diseases, disorders and beneficial organisms
• Ground Preparation
• Soil testing
• Maintaining a lawn

To study this certificate, you will be required to attend college for 1 day per week for a full academic year.

Day of Attendance: Thursdays

The RHS certificates on offer at the Otley campus are;

• RHS Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture
• RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning, Establishment and Maintenance
• RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth, Health and Applied Propagation

If all three certificates are studied and you successfully complete these, then you will be awarded with the RHS Level 2 Diploma in the Principles and Practices of Horticulture.

There is the opportunity to study for the RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Horticulture. To complete this you will need to study both of the following certificates;

• RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth, Propagation and Development (Option A)
• RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning, Establishment and Maintenance (Option B)

These certificates will follow on from each other. Option A will run from September to February and Option B will run from February to June.

This would require an additional day at the campus.

For further information, please see the links below;

• RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth, Propagation and Development (Option A)
• RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning, Establishment and Maintenance (Option B)

You will be required to study additional material from home and will have access to online support via a google classroom. Additionally, there will be a requirement to attend 2 exam support days which will be held on a Saturday (in January and May).

Each module is assessed by an RHS set examination in February and June.

Course Highlights

You will have the opportunity to work within the college’s glasshouses and horticulture unit. Learners studying the RHS qualifications, will have a dedicated and exclusive area for their learning experience. The lecturers will share their many years of horticulture experience with you and are still actively involved within the industry.

For further information, please see the following links to the RHS course pages;

• Level 2 Certificate in Planning and Maintenance
• Level 2 Certificate in Plant Growth and Propagation
• Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture

Next Steps

• RHS Level 3 Certificates (Theory and Practical)
• Employment in the horticultural sector

Tuition Costs

£700

Additional Costs

PPE (steel toe capped boots, wellies, gardening gloves, outdoor clothing)