Gardening Courses Dorset

If you’d like to study gardening full time, or are looking for a career in horticulture, and are based near Dorchester, Dorset (or can relocate) – we’d recommend Kingston Maurwaud Academy of Horticulture (awarded by Bournemouth University).  Details below.

However, for many people who’d like to study whilst working, or learn about gardening and horticulture with flexible timing, MyGardenSchool enables you to study from home, wherever you are, and brings the world’s best Gardening Tutors to you at home via our virtual gardening school.   We are suitable for people who work in horticulture, or equally if you just want to learn more about gardening just for fun.

Kingston Maurwaud Academy of Horticulture

Kingston Maurward College,  Dorchester,  Dorset,  DT2 8PY

Kingston Maurwaud Academy of state categorically on their website that Horticulture is a true growth industry with a national shortage of qualified and experienced staff  – good to hear!   We agree, that despite a global recession, people are demanding more connections with land based industries.

 

In their own words:  “There are potentially exciting career opportunities within horticulture, which could see you become a landscape designer, run a garden centre or manage sports turf, and that’s to name just a few. There is no age barrier to learning about horticulture – many of our students are mature learners or career changers.”

Check out some of the topics you can study as a career at Kingston Mauraud:

 

Retail Horticulture Management

Diploma in Horticulture

Diploma in Arboriculture

Diploma in Horticulture

Diploma in Basic Construction Skills

Painting Fruits and Berries

Turf Maintenance Equipment

Safe Use of Mowers

How to Draw with Introduction to Watercolour

Improvers Watercolour

Botanical Illustration Diploma/RHS Portfolio Preparation Course

Award in Garden Design

Painting Flowers

Principles of Horticulture

Growth, Health and Applied Propagation

Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth, Health and Applied Propagation

Certificate in Practical Horticulture

Garden Design

Introduction to Horticulture Amenity

Work-Based Horticulture

Introduction to Horticulture – Sports Turf

Pesticide Applications

Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides

Plumbing Apprenticeship

NVQ in Mechanical Engineering Services & Plumbing)

Diploma in Plumbing and Heating

Organic Gardening

 

Gardens we like to visit in Dorset

 

Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens

Bullers Way, Abbotsbury, Dorset

Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens were established in 1765 by the First Countess of Ilchester as a kitchen garden and have developed into a 30 acre Grade I listed delight.

 

Athelhampton House & Gardens

Athelhampton, Dorchester, Dorset

The formal Athelhampton Gardens originally designed in 1891 is a series of serene, sophisticated spaces, including the great court with its Egyptian style giant pyramids

 

Kingston Lacy

Wimborne Minster, Dorset

Beside the Kingston Lacy house is the late-Victorian formal garden. Bright bedding, a fern garden containing 25 different varieties of ferns with gravel paths running between.  In someways a timewarp yet fun to visit

 

Minterne Gardens

Minterne Magna, Dorchester, Dorset

Minterne gardens are laid out in a horseshoe below the house with a chain of small lakes, waterfalls and streams.

 

Kingston Maurward Gardens

Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, Dorset

Set in idyllic surroundings, Kingston Maurward Gardens are Dorset´s best kept secret. A tranquil, and peaceful spot, the gardens are situated in Dorset’s finest undulating countryside

Forde Abbey

Chard, Dorset

A magnificent former 12th Century Cistercian monastery, Forde Abbey ranks as one of the top ten gardens in England.

 

Mapperton Gardens

Beaminster, Dorset

Mapperton´s terraced valley gardens surround the delightful Tudor/Jacobean manor house, stable blocks, dovecote and All Saints Church.