HORT313 – Amenity Plant and Garden Care and Maintenance
Module code
HORT313
Module title
Amenity Plant and Garden Care and Maintenance
Prescription
The aim of this module is to develop student's ability to carry out planting of newly established gardens and replanting and maintenance of established gardens under limited supervision
Programmes
- SX1704
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
20
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 200
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- Work as a team or individually to plant and transplant amenity plants.
Work as a team or individually to prune and train amenity plants.
Carry out and apply inputs for plant establishment and health.
Identify and control weeds in amenity areas.
Work as a team or individually to cultivate, establish and maintain gardens in amenity areas and use small, powered amenity machinery and equipment safely. - Content
- -Planting and transplanting trees, shrubs, climbers, annuals, biennials, perennials and bulbs.
-Pruning a range of plant material for cultural and aesthetic effect.
-Fertilizer, soil amendment application.
-Irrigation use.
-Pest and Disease control.
-Soil cultivation.
-Identification of common weeds in amenity areas.
-Weed control.
-Mulches and their application.
-Selection, use, maintenance and care of hand tools.
-Use and maintenance of small amenity machinery.
-Customer service skills.
-Presentation skills.
-Teamwork and communication.
-Record keeping.
-Sustainable practice. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Theoretical face-to-face and online sessions including workbooks, lectures, workshops, group activities, discussion, independent learning, and assignments centred on project based learning. Theory is applied to carrying out practical tasks in this context
- Assessment Criteria
- Portfolio of Evidence100
The weighting of the overall assessment is equally distributed across learning outcomes.
The portfolio of evidence will demonstrate the achievement of the required knowledge, competencies and capabilities across all the learning outcomes.