Course Summary

Based at Cornwall’s Eden Project, the BSc (Hons) Horticulture Garden & Landscape Design has been specifically developed to provide industry competent horticulturalists, who have significant design capabilities and a detailed understanding of horticulture science. On this unique programme you will develop skills valuable to numerous sectors of the horticultural industry both in the UK and abroad. Eden’s diverse and specialist plant collections, nurseries and growing facilities, dedicated laboratory and design studio, coupled with Duchy College’s nationally renowned micro propagation research facility, provide a world class study platform. A diverse team of subject specialists supports you in your studies. This includes plant pathologists, botanists, ecologists, garden designers, artists, landscape architects and horticulturalists, many of whom partner private practice with their teaching commitments. Students under the tutelage of members of the current teaching team have won numerous awards including the Prince of Wales Trophy for Sustainable Horticulture last year, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Young Designer of the Year three times in the last five years and the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) Student Designer of the Year Award three times in the past six years, the latest in 2015. You will also embrace sustainable business practice and develop skills in planting design and design communication, using both traditional and digital media (no prior experience required). In the core garden and landscape design modules, innovative and imaginative design practice is encouraged from day one. Through real or ‘live’ projects you will learn how to create stimulating and thought-provoking spaces in a variety of locations – from private gardens to public landscapes. Clients who students have worked with recently include Truro Cathedral, The Pengersick Castle Trust, The Eden Project, The Leonard Cheshire Disability Trust and the Potager Garden.

Course Details - Modules

Year 1: Personal and Employability Skills Development (20 credits), Introduction to Botany (20 credits), Plant Use in the Landscape (20 credits), Soil Science & Plant Nutrition (20 credits), Garden And Landscape Design 1: Foundation – Space, Place & User (20 credits), Design Communications: Tools and Techniques (20 credits. Year 2: Research Methods (20 credits), Plant Growth and Development (20 credits), Plant Production and Propagation (20 credits), Plant Ecology (20 credits), Garden and Landscape Design 2: Planning & People (20 credits), Garden Landscape Histories: Theories and Contexts (20 credits) Year 3: Honours Project (40 credits), The Contemporary Horticulture Environment (20 credits), Sustainable Horticultural Enterprises (20 credits), Advanced Plant Use and Implementation (20 credits), Professional Landscape and Garden Design (20 credits)

Course Details – Assessment Method

Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

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How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: 4RL6

Institution code: C78

Campus Name: Eden Project

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

80 UCAS tariff points to include at least 56 points from A2-level

80 UCAS tariff points to include at least 56 points from Advanced Highers

45 credits at level 3 in an appropriate subject

In an appropriate subject

In an appropriate subject

Other level 3 qualifications will be considered. Mature applicants with relevant experience but without the stated qualifications will be considered individually and are encouraged to apply.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

http://www.cornwall.ac.uk

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

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Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 71%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 75%

Go onto work and study: 75%

Fees and funding

Republic of Ireland 4625.0 Year 1
EU 4625.0 Year 1
England 4625.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 4625.0 Year 1
Scotland 4625.0 Year 1
Wales 4625.0 Year 1
International 4975.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 4975.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Additional Fee Information are not listed for this Course.

Provider information

Tregonissey Road, St Austell
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Cornwall
PL25 4DJ

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