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Level 1 Horticulture Course in Huntingdon

CostFee:70.00 Concession: 70.00
Duration1 year
LevelLevel 1
DeliveryClassroom based
Start2 Sep 2027
Study modeFull-time
AttendanceDaytime
Awarding bodyCity & Guilds awarding body
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About this course

Level 1 Horticulture Course in Huntingdon. Classes run at Cambridge Regional College Huntingdon Campus, full-time during the day. The course runs over one year and covers practical horticulture skills including plant care, landscaping, and maintaining garden spaces. You'll also develop woodcraft skills, working with raised beds, sheds, and flower borders, alongside employability and enterprise skills. An initial assessment and induction programme shapes your individual learning plan, so there are no specific entry requirements to apply. This level 1 horticulture qualification is awarded by City and Guilds.

Who this course is for

This programme offers young people ages 16 – 25 the opportunity to develop personal and social skills as well as specific horticulture skills. College based days will include maintaining the college garden and developing the skills of plant care and landscaping. Young people will also have the chance to develop wood craft skills to maintain sheds, flower boarders and raised beds and enterprise skills for employability.

Other personal and social develop opportunities will include the opportunity to develop life skills that include undertaking a range of vocational tasters including working with Country Park Rangers, art, film, football, sport, music, media, cooking and drama.

Entry requirements

You will be assessed through a transition and induction programme which will ensure that you develop your communication, social, independence, reading, writing and numeracy skills at an appropriate level. There are no specific entry requirements for this programme and your individual learning plan will be developed to ensure that you achieve your goals. Please note that entry criteria may vary and this will be assessed by your tutors. For this course you are likely to be working towards Level 1.

What you will learn

  • You'll develop plant care skills, including growing and maintaining plants.
  • You'll learn landscaping techniques used in garden and outdoor spaces.
  • You'll maintain college garden areas as part of your practical training.
  • You'll build woodcraft skills to work on sheds, raised beds, and flower borders.
  • You'll develop communication, reading, writing, and numeracy skills.
  • You'll build independence and social skills to support your employability.
  • You'll gain enterprise skills relevant to working in horticulture and related roles.

How you will learn

You'll learn through hands-on practical work in the college garden and outdoor spaces. Classroom-based sessions support your development in communication, numeracy, and independence. Your tutors will carry out a transition and induction programme at the start to assess your current skills and set up your individual learning plan. Progress is tracked against your personal goals throughout the year.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Cambridge Regional College Huntingdon Campus will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Gardener: maintain gardens, parks, and outdoor spaces
  • Grounds maintenance operative: care for sports grounds and public areas
  • Nursery worker: grow and tend plants in a commercial nursery
  • Landscape labourer: support landscaping teams on outdoor projects
  • Garden centre assistant: advise customers and care for stock plants

What you could study next

  • Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture: builds on your Level 1 skills and opens more job roles in grounds maintenance and landscaping.
  • Level 2 Diploma in Horticulture or Landscaping: a broader qualification for those moving toward skilled gardening or landscape work.
  • Functional Skills English and Maths at Level 1 or Level 2: useful alongside any horticulture progression if you want to strengthen your core skills for employment.
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