Horticulture

Delivering a practical course covering a wide variety of Horticulture skills from sowing seeds, using machinery to maintaining gardens. Students benefit from a practical course to learn the art of Horticulture that is supported by scientific theory that embeds skills for life.

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Programme of study

Course Outline

Our Horticulture courses are accredited by the Skills and Education Group. All our courses are based on project-based learning with six projects taking place across the year. The projects build on prior knowledge, skills and behaviours and work towards producing a product or feature.

The Horticulture course enables students to be apart of exciting new projects this year including designing a decorative feature, planning the launch, and selling plants to the public!

Our Horticulture team are highly experienced and come with industry backgrounds. We have an array of employers that we work with who get involved in our projects and support relevant external work experience for our learners. Many of our students progress onto working in garden centres or go onto to become keen gardeners or other aspects of the Horticulture industry.

Levels

We offer a range of courses from Entry Level 2 up to Level 1 at our Ashford and Iwade sites.

Our Level 2 provision is currently offered at Brogdale Farm only.

Sites

Our students benefit from a diverse array of opportunities available at three distinct locations situated in Ashford and Swale. Each site boasts its own unique characteristics, shaping the nature of the projects undertaken. The Walled Garden serves as a showcase garden, while Muddy Wellies offers a rural setting focused on the cultivation and sale of fruits and vegetables. Meanwhile, The Nook features a traditional kitchen garden and a polytunnel for year-round growing.

Key Skill Development

Personal Development

Provides students with key skills needed to thrive both now and in their future. Student benefit from the Personal Development Curriculum to support them in Preparing for Adulthood with focussed sessions exploring three key areas: Myself, Community and Independence.

Interventions

These daily sessions, develops students personal areas of needs. We have found that the outcomes within most EHCp are often vast and can be daunting for students to access them and achieve. Students benefit from them to be broken down into manageable chunks and set as SMART targets. These targets are worked on regularly through bespoke interventions and reviewed regularly alongside students to encourage reflective thinking and progress.

Enrichment

Supports students in expanding their horizons by providing opportunities to engage in outings to cinemas, beaches, and museums, as well as hosting guest speakers to discuss local community opportunities and connections to local services, thus facilitating exploration of talents and interests.

Route of study

At Craftworks College, we are aware that all our students progress at their own rate and our routes of study have adopted the waves model of intervention into our Student Pathways to inspire success for all through an inclusive and fair learning environment. Students capable of achieving a full qualification follow the Universal Pathway. Student that need their learning broken into smaller steps follow the Targeted Pathway, here they focus upon one unit at a time and achieve Unit Accreditation. Students that require our Specialist Pathway which breaks learning done into even small steps to ensure that they are able to achieve at their own specific level.

Course Testimonials

We see our Student Voice as imperative as it inspires and motivates active change and development within the Craftwork College Community. We are proud of what our students say about their course and their time with us.