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ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN HORTICULTURE VHT004 (FORMERLY RHS ADVANCED CERTIFICATE)

Course Code	VHT004
Fee Code	AC
Duration (approx)	800 hours
Qualification	Advanced Certificate

Note: The RHS No longer offers this certificate; but an ACS Certificate (without the RHS name) can be still awarded to anyone completing this course with us.

This Advanced Certificate is an excellent stand alone qualification, or a sound starting point for advanced study in horticulture.

Course content

This course is 800 hrs in duration and consists of 5 core modules and 3 elective modules.

Core Modules

Propagation (100 hrs)

Soil Management (100 hrs)

Botany (100 hrs)

Horticulture III (100 hrs)

Practical Horticulture (100hrs)

Electives

Choose from:

Crops Stream

Crops I (100 hrs)

Protected Plant Production (100 hrs)

Plus one other crop subject of your choosing

Landscaping Stream

Planning Layout and Construction of Ornamental Gardens (100 hrs)

Restoring Established Ornamental Gardens (100 hrs)

Plus one landscaping subject of your choosing

Amenity Horticulture Stream

Turf Care (100 hrs)

Plant Selection and Establishment (100 hrs)

Wholesale Nursery Management (100 hrs)

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Home Gardening, Horticultural Resource Management, Horticultural Marketing, Practical Horticulture, Trees For Rehabilitation, Soil Management, Plant Pathology, Amenity Horticulture, Certificate in Horticulture, RHS Certificate II in Horticulture, RHS Certificate III in Horticulture, RHS Diploma in Horticulture, RHS Master of Horticulture, Diploma in Horticulture, Turf Care, Sports Turf Management, Greenkeeping, Turf Repair and Renovation, Arboriculture I, Landscape Styles, Natural Garden Design, Water Gardening, Landscape Construction, Cottage Garden Design, Playground Design, Restoring Established Ornamental Gardens, Diploma in Landscaping Propagation, Cutting Propagation, Wholesale Nursery Management, landscaping, Diploma in Landscping Garden Centre Management, Hydroponics, Certificate in Hydroponics, Weed Control, Permaculture, Self Sufficiency, Tissue Culture, Plant Breeding, Nursery Sales Assistant, Hydroponics, Cut Flower Production, Greenhouse Cut Flowers, Outdoor Plant Production, Commercial Vegetable Production, Protected Plant Production, Mushroom Production, Fruit Production, Nut Production, Viticulture, Berry Production, Culture, Lavender, Medicinal Herbs, Culinary Herbs, Scented Plants, Cacti and Succulents, Roses, Interior Plants, Orchid Culture, Tropical Plants, Australian Natives I, plus many others including ecotourism, ecology, plant ecology, adventure tourism,

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