Read our advice on becoming a gardener and becoming a garden designer, and our feature on garden design courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here is a list of the main horticultural colleges and universities around the UK, plus training opportunities. Be sure to check your local college, too, as many also offer horticultural courses, including RHS courses.<\/p>\n www.askham-bryan.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n This long established and specialist land-based college in Yorkshire offers a wide range of horticultural and land-based qualifications.<\/p>\n www.bestinhorticulture.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n B.E.S.T in Horticulture was started by horticultural experts Tony Davies and Janet Prescott to provide horticultural education outside a conventional college environment. Their team of tutors and subject specialists come from a number of horticultural colleges and the industry. Courses are either face to face at a range of sites, online, via correspondence or blended learning, with bespoke learning materials provided.<\/p>\n www.btc.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n One of the largest centres for agricultural and horticultural studies in Somerset. It offers a range of full and part time horticulture, gardening and landscape design courses, apprenticeships and short courses.<\/p>\n www.capel.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n London\u2019s only specialist further education college for horticulture, with study centres in Enfield, Gunnersbury, Crystal Palace and Regent\u2019s Park. Offers courses in horticulture and landscaping, garden design and floristry.<\/p>\n www.cornwall.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Offers an extensive range of practical horticulture courses at varying levels, plus a degree in Horticulture and Landscape design in conjunction with the Eden Project.<\/p>\n www.edenproject.com<\/a><\/p>\n Offers a range of horticultural courses, from HNC to MSc level, with hands-on experience in the Eden Project grounds.<\/p>\n www.hadlow.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Hadlow College has been providing horticultural training for 50 years and has strong links to the industry. It offers an extensive range of horticultural training in many areas of horticulture.<\/p>\n www.ols.kmc.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n This Dorset college offers a range of horticulture courses at varying levels.<\/p>\n www.guildford.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Part of Guildford College, Merrist Wood specialises in horticulture and land-based studies, with a wide range of courses at all levels offered.<\/p>\n www.myerscough.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n A leading land-based college in the north west, offering a wide range of courses at different levels, including City & Guilds and RHS courses.<\/p>\n www.pershore.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Offers a full range of land-based courses, from arboriculture to garden design and landscaping. The college has a long-established reputation.<\/p>\n www.theplantschool.com<\/a><\/p>\n The Plant School offers two core courses: The Plant Course and the Tree Course, as well as the Specialist Plant Course and Trees for Dendrologists. Taught at gardens in and around London (including the Garden Museum and RBG Kew) and taught by a range of experts, each course aims to give the student a good grounding in plant knowledge and runs one day a month through the academic year.<\/p>\n www.plumpton.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n This East Sussex college offers a wide range of land-based and horticulture courses at varying levels, as well as apprenticeships and one-day courses.<\/p>\n www.reaseheath.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n This leading Cheshire college offers horticultural courses for all levels. There are also apprenticeship options.<\/p>\n www.kew.org<\/a><\/p>\n The School of Horticulture at RBG Kew is a centre of excellence for horticultural and botanical education and offers several highly respected qualifications, including the Diploma in Horticulture. As employees of Kew, Diploma students receive payment for the duration of the three-year course and there are no course fees and gain practical experience at one of the most comprehensive botanic collections in the world. Kew also offers specialist certificates in subjects including arboriculture and display and nursery glasshouses.<\/p>\n Kew\u2019s educational programming also involves a raft of apprenticeships and internships, in both science as well as horticulture, through Kew\u2019s School of Horticulture.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n www.rhs.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The RHS runs its prestigious Diploma in Practical Horticultural Practice at RHS Garden Wisley. Students rotate through 10 departments at the Surrey site and the two-year course also comprises a detailed lecture and masterclass programme.<\/p>\n RHS qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n The RHS also offers horticultural qualifications that are widely recognised and respected within the horticulture industry. The RHS Level 1 qualification is aimed at 14-19 year olds and adults with additional learning needs and the popular RHS Level 2 qualification is aimed at people wanting to begin a horticultural career or build a foundation for further learning or training. It has been updated for September 2022.<\/p>\n The Level 3 qualification, which will be updated from September 2023, is aimed at those already working in horticulture and wanting to further their career.<\/p>\n All RHS Qualifications are designed to be studied part-time basis, normally over one year, and can be studied in person or online or as a mix of the two. The courses are not taught directly by the RHS but are offered at approved centres at colleges and gardens around the country.<\/p>\n www.sruc.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Offers a wide range of horticulture courses at varying levels, plus production horticulture, landscape management and an MSc in Soils and sustainability. Some courses are delivered in partnership with the Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.<\/p>\n www.gre.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The University of Greenwich offers several courses in landscape architecture, including the only undergraduate landscape architecture course of its kind in London.<\/p>\n www.shef.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Sheffield University\u2019s Department of Landscape offers research and taught courses in landscape architecture. Professor Nigel Dunnett<\/a> is Professor of Planting Design and Vegetation Technology.<\/p>\nHorticulture courses in 2022\/23<\/h2>\n
Askham Bryan College, York<\/h3>\n
B.E.S.T in Horticulture Group<\/h3>\n
Bridgwater and Taunton College (formerly Cannington College)<\/h3>\n
Capel Manor College, London<\/h3>\n
Duchy College<\/h3>\n
Eden Project, Cornwall<\/h3>\n
Hadlow College, Kent<\/h3>\n
Kingston Maurward College<\/h3>\n
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Myerscough College<\/h3>\n
Pershore College, Worcestershire<\/h3>\n
The Plant School<\/h3>\n
Plumpton College<\/h3>\n
Reaseheath College<\/h3>\n
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew<\/h3>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Scotland\u2019s Rural College (SRUC)<\/h3>\n
University of Greenwich<\/h3>\n
University of Sheffield<\/h3>\n
Writtle University College<\/h3>\n