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The Productive Garden – City & Guilds Certificate in Practical Horticulture Skills
LOCATION & START DATE
Bicton College - 12 September 2025
Bicton College - 12 September 2025
DURATION
35 Weeks, Fridays 1:30-4:45pm
35 Weeks, Fridays 1:30-4:45pm
ATTENDANCE
Part-time
Part-time
Course information
This course focuses on the productive garden.
We will be looking at growing cut flowers, herbs, top fruit (apples and pears), a range of soft fruit and perennial and annual vegetables.
We will cover propagation, soil preparation, planting, seasonal maintenance, and common pests and diseases.
It will be based around Bicton’s Walled Garden and glasshouses.
PPE:
You will need to wear steel toecap boots, walking or work trousers (no jeans) and a Bicton College polo shirt. You may also want to bring gardening gloves.
Growing and propagating herbs
Growing cut flowers
Pruning small apple trees and cordon fruit
Care and pruning of a range of soft fruit
Growing plants from seed and cuttings
Fruit and vegetable growing
Growing cut flowers
Pruning small apple trees and cordon fruit
Care and pruning of a range of soft fruit
Growing plants from seed and cuttings
Fruit and vegetable growing
Anyone interested in developing their gardening skills, plant propagation and growing a range of crops.
PPE:
You will need to wear steel toecap boots, walking or work trousers (no jeans) and a Bicton College polo shirt. You may also want to bring gardening gloves.
PPE:
You will need to wear steel toecap boots, walking or work trousers (no jeans) and a Bicton College polo shirt. You may also want to bring gardening gloves.
The course is assessed through a series of practical skills tests.
To successfully complete the course, you will need to achieve 18 credits. Each assessment is worth between 2-3 credits.
To successfully complete the course, you will need to achieve 18 credits. Each assessment is worth between 2-3 credits.
You can progress to the RHS level 2 certificate, or NCFE L2 Garden and Planting Design.
Bicton College
Bicton College is based in East Devon, near Exeter, and set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just two miles from the Jurassic Coast. The historic Georgian mansion, commercial farm, animal husbandry school, modern veterinary nursing building, world-class engineering and heavy plant machinery workshop, walled garden and arboretum are all set in over 200 hectares of historic parkland.
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| Tuition Fees: £850.00
If you are aged 19+, the cost of the course will depend on your circumstances. Detailed information can be found in our Financial Support Section. Financial support for ages 19+ |
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Course Code 10285-BIC-25
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The Productive Garden – City & Guilds Certificate in Practical Horticulture Skills
Level 2
Bicton College
Gardening, PracticalSkills, Fruit, Vegetables, Growing, Horticulture