Certificate in Plant Identification and Botany

The course is aimed at anyone with a keen interest in horticulture and plants.

You just need an interest in the subject area and should have English and maths skills.

Course structure and organisation:

• Improve observation skills
• Know the reasons for botanical names
• Plant nomenclature
• Traditional plant family classification
• Using keys to aid identification
• Visits to gardens to look at collections of plants
• History of plant hunting and collecting

 There are ten units to study over the duration of the course:

• Plant classification, nomenclature, and naming
• Inflorescences, leaf shapes, leaf margins, arrangements, and venation
• A look at plant families: Primulaceae, Ranunculaceae, Liliaceae and Amaryllidaceae
• Spring flowering shrubs – plant hunting in China
• Fern identifications
• Plants suitable for different soil types: acid, lime, wet and dry areas
• A look at Brassicaceae and Asteraceae
• Alpines and Aquatics
• Pressing and preserving plants
• Rosaceae

You will learn at Broomfield Hall.

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You will be assessed throughout the duration of the course.

After the course, you can take RHS Garden Planning Level 3 or a Level 3 Certificate in Horticulture. There is also the RHS Level 2 Principles of Plant Growth, Propagation and Development programme.

Derby College Group offers a range of one-day, weekend and evening courses relating to horticulture, as well as a wide range of other land-based topics – please see the Derby College Group Part-time Prospectus for a full list and details.

For more information, contact Derby College Group on 0800 0280289 or enquiries@derby-college.ac.uk