HND Horticulture (Year 2 Entry)
If you’re progressing from a lower level course and you’re ready to dig deeper into the skills needed for a career in horticulture and landscaping, this HND course is for you.
Provider
Glasgow Clyde College, GlasgowThis course is available on the Glasgow Clyde College website.
Description
What will I learn?
You will be able to apply the main common practices and techniques of horticulture and landscaping, drawing on advanced and specialised knowledge, and using specialised professional skills and practices. You will act with significant autonomy in some activities, taking responsibility for the supervision of others or the management of work and resources, and will have to evaluate key aspects of your own performance.
You will develop your skills in problem solving, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, and how to develop innovative solutions to a variety of unpredictable problems.
You will develop knowledge and skills in a range of subject areas including:
- Soils and plant nutrition
- Plant protection: Integrated approaches
- Hardy ornamental nursery stock
- Horticultural growing media
- Landscape management and maintenance
- Lawn construction and maintenance
- Parks, gardens, and public open spaces
- Plants for gardens: Specialised plantings
- Retailing of plants
- Plants and habitats: Ecology and conservation
About Glasgow Clyde College
Glasgow Clyde College is a further and higher education college, located in Glasgow.
The college offers a broad range of courses across many subject areas, and has three easily accessible campuses in Glasgow at Langside, Cardronald and Anniesland.
With award winning teaching staff, the college is the largest further education provider in Glasgow and has the highest achievement rates in further and education in the area.
Glasgow Clyde College also has excellent links to universities to allow you to progress to degree level.
