Canterbury College - Landscaping and Horticulture

If you’re looking for a career in landscape gardening and horticulture, Canterbury College has a qualification for you.

Students study at a specialist land-based campus with wide-ranging facilities including a heated and fully-furnished glasshouse, various polytunnels, a mature orchard, many wildlife areas and ponds, student common rooms, football pitch and well-established Learning resource centres.

For those learners wishing to study horticulture the resources available mean that they can develop extensive knowledge and practical skills.

The fully stocked laboratory enables students to bring the classroom inside and enhances their knowledge of soil and plant science to enable them to go on to excellent jobs in industry or just improve their own gardens at home.

Our team of experienced staff come from a wide range of industry backgrounds including park ranger, tree surgery and horticulture.

Career Prospects

Example: Gardeners and landscape gardeners

Annual pay
£11,960 - £36,400

Annual pay is per year, based on full-time employment and on the South East region.

Across the UK the workforce is projected to expand by 2% over the period to 2027, adding 2,445 jobs. In the same period, 97% of the workforce is projected to retire, creating 143,010 job openings.

Role description

Gardeners and landscape gardeners cultivate flowers, trees, shrubs and other plants in public and private gardens, construct features to improve the appearance of existing terrain, and cut and lay turf.

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What's next?

If you are 16 to 18-years-old and want to explore your options then apply today.

Step 1 - Apply

Once you apply, you will have an interview to discuss your chosen pathway.

Step 2 - Interview

We will contact you with appropriate options for conducting your interview, either online or in person.

At your interview, we will discuss the entry requirements for each level and course. It is also your opportunity to make sure that the pathway meets your goals and ambitions.

Read our guidance for applying to join us