Horticulture and Landscape Maintenance

Overview

Step into a leading role in professional landscape care with this intensive 12-week programme, designed for groundsmen, supervisors, and individuals responsible for maintaining parks, gardens, street verges, and commercial landscapes.

This course combines clear practical skills with essential theory, helping you understand not just what to do, but why it is done, so you can work more effectively, safely, and professionally.

Over 8 weeks of instructor-led training (4 hours per week), you will build knowledge and hands-on competence in plant care, soil and water management, pest control, and overall landscape maintenance standards.

You will develop the ability to plan, maintain, and improve landscapes using structured, safe, and environmentally responsible practices.

Target Group

This course is suitable for:

• Groundsmen and landscape maintenance workers
• Landscape supervisors and team leaders
• Parks and garden maintenance staff
• Persons employed in hotel, commercial, institutional, or public grounds maintenance
• Individuals seeking to strengthen their practical landscape maintenance skills and knowledge

What You Will Learn

• Applying the principles of landscape maintenance to maintain high-quality, safe, and functional outdoor spaces
• Understanding plant growth, identification, and care requirements for different landscape settings
• Using fertilizers and plant nutrition strategies to improve plant health and performance
• Assessing soil conditions and applying effective soil and water management techniques
• Identifying and managing pests and diseases using safe and sustainable methods
• Applying pesticides responsibly while following safety and legal guidelines
• Using and maintaining hand tools and motorized equipment safely and efficiently
• Maintaining professional landscape finishes, including edges, boundaries, and surfaces
• Managing and renovating lawns to achieve healthy, well-presented turf
• Working safely and in compliance with occupational health, environmental, and legal requirements

Course Units:

• Principles of Landscape Maintenance
• Safety & Occupational Health
• Legal & Environmental Requirements in Landscaping
• Plant Development, Growth & Identification
• Pest & Disease Management
• Sustainable Pesticide Use & Alternatives
• Plant Nutrition & Fertilization Strategies
• Soil & Water Management Techniques
• Maintenance & Safe Operation of Hand Tools & Motorized Equipment
• Defining Boundaries & Edges
• Understanding Surfaces & Habitats
• Comprehensive Lawn Care & Renovation
• Work-based Project (Practicum)

Delivery:

The qualification is delivered via Instructor-Led live presentations and live practical demonstrations.

Assessment