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Level 1 Horticulture Course in Cambridge

CostFee:1357.00 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 Cambridge. Classes run at Cambridge Regional College, 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 sheds, flower borders, and raised beds, alongside communication, numeracy, and employability skills. There are no specific entry requirements. You'll go through an induction programme so tutors can plan your learning at the right level.

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 practise maintaining garden areas, including flower borders and raised beds.
  • You'll build woodcraft skills to look after sheds and outdoor structures.
  • You'll develop communication, reading, writing, and numeracy skills.
  • You'll build independence and social skills for the workplace.
  • You'll gain enterprise skills to support your employability.

How you will learn

Learning is classroom-based and hands-on. You'll spend time maintaining the college garden and working outdoors on practical tasks. Your tutors will assess you through an induction and transition programme at the start. From there, an individual learning plan is put in place to match your goals. Assessment is ongoing and tailored to your level throughout the year.

What you will need to bring

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

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Gardener: maintaining gardens, parks, and outdoor spaces.
  • Grounds maintenance operative: keeping sports grounds and public areas tidy.
  • Nursery worker: growing and caring for plants in a nursery setting.
  • Landscape labourer: supporting landscaping teams on outdoor projects.
  • Garden centre assistant: advising customers and caring for stock plants.

What you could study next

  • Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture: builds on Level 1 skills and opens more job roles in grounds maintenance and landscaping.
  • Level 2 Diploma in Horticulture: a broader qualification covering a wider range of practical and technical skills.
  • Level 2 Award in Safe Use of Pesticides: useful if you want to work in grounds maintenance or commercial gardening.
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