Horticulture
The College is situated in an area renowned for its gardens and specialist plant nurseries and visits to these are integral parts of our courses. Horticulture includes the growing and selling of food crops and ornamental plants, garden design and landscaping. Specifically, amenity horticulture is the propagation and husbandry of decorative plant species cultivated for gardens and public amenity areas. The horticultural industry has become one of the largest employers in the UK, with the gardening public spending millions of pounds on plants and other gardening products each year.
Your knowledge and understanding will be developed alongside practical skills on the Barony estate, with its walled garden, glasshouses, polythene tunnels, nursery stock beds and the wider campus grounds. A horticulture qualification from Barony
College has opened doors for many students to develop wide ranging and interesting careers from becoming skilled nursery persons, growers, gardeners and landscapers. Entrepreneurial students have created successful horticultural businesses.
Further Information
If you would like more information regarding our Horticulture courses, please contact:
Gordon Hill or Brian Conley
Tel: 01387 860251 Email: ghill@barony.ac.uk or bconley@barony.ac.uk
STUDENT CASE STUDY
Kiel Goodridge is from Wrexham in North Wales. He originally moved to Scotland as his family relocated for work, and he was keen to continue his studies.
He originally completed the Rural Mechanics course at Barony, then an opportunity arose at the college, where he worked on the grounds and in the walled garden alongside studying towards the SVQ 2 in Amenity Horticulture. He finished working at the college last summer and enrolled on the National Certificate in Horticulture which he is in the process of completing.
“I have really enjoyed the course, which has been varied and wide ranging and I have gained lots of experience. My time at Barony has given my plenty of opportunities to work and various projects, including building show gardens for Gardening Scotland and at RHS Tatton Flower Show. I’m really looking forward to getting involved with the show garden again this year and I also hope to get involved in the world skills challenge.”
