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Horticulture

Amenity Horticulture: The care and maintenance of parks, gardens and open spaces.

Put your green thumb to use, get yourself an outside office and make a difference to the world around us. We’ll give you the knowledge, training and skills to care for public and private gardens, parks and open spaces, while you get the benefit of learning at our beautiful Hamilton Gardens campus!

As an amenity horticulturalist you’ll contribute to society through advising on plant choices, overseeing horticultural programmes, planning regeneration projects and managing green spaces.

Typically students will study the horitcultural programmes over two years to develop the skills and knowledge to be amenity gardeners, collection curators, grounds people or amenity contractors.

Programmes

Level 3
Students can choose to study either the General Horticulture (Level 3) in semester one and/or the Applied Horticultural Services (Level 3) (Amenity) in semester two. 

Students who choose to complete their study after the first year will have the skills to work as a skilled gardener in this area.

Level 4
In your second year you will study the Advanced Horticultural Trades (Level 4) (Amenity). Graduates will be qualified to be a team leader in a amenity garden situation. This is a 12 month programme.

Our Programmes

My Career Pathway (Horticulture)

One semester
Level 2
Fee Free
Hamilton Rotokauri Campus, Otorohanga
Feb 2019 (Rotokauri Campus and Otorohanga)
My Career Pathway (Horticulture) will give you a taste of Horticulture, Arboriculture and Landscape Construction. It will be hands-on, learning usable skills which will provide you with skills for employment in the horticulture industry or pathway onto higher learning.

Applied Horticultural Services (Level 3) (Amenity)

One semester
Level 3
$7744 per year
Hamilton Gardens Campus
Jul 2019
The purpose of the Applied Horticultural Services Programme is to provide the horticulture industry with individuals who have the skills and knowledge to assist with a range of core tasks relevant to a horticulture industry sector. The programme is aimed at candidates who have a passion for horticulture and a desire to work in the amenity horticultural sector. It will provide students with the skills, knowledge and attributes needed to work in horticulture under limited supervision taking responsibility for work outcomes.

General Horticulture (Level 3)

One semester
Level 3
$3574 (scholarships are available)
Hamilton Gardens Campus, Regional locations
Mar 2019
Want to work in the horticulture sector? This programme is ideal for people who want to gain broad introductory knowledge and skills in horticulture and would be an ideal basis for going into the following sectors – arboriculture, landscape construction, landscape design and amenity horticulture.

Advanced Horticultural Trades (Level 4) (Amenity)

One year
Level 4
$7744 (scholarships are available)
Hamilton Gardens Campus
Jan 2019
Over this one year full-time programme you will build on your technical skills developed in the Level 3 strand and you will learn about park and open spaces management, seasonal plans and team member supervision. Graduates will have the understanding of amenity horticulture necessary to be a professional amenity horticulturist.

Professional Programmes / Short Courses

Facilities

Learn at our beautiful Hamilton Gardens Campus: a 58-hectare environment of public gardens with an incredible variety of trees, plants and grasses.

Pathways

Landscape Design and Construction pathway diagram

About the Faculty

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