Join our student team to learn about the many options within the horticulture and food production industries – and stay abreast of its fast changing technology.
Scientist to landscape architect, parks manager to garden designer – it’s the sheer diversity of careers that makes horticulture and landscaping so exciting and appealing.
Whether your workplace is a field of growing crops, a desk in a high tech city centre office or a championship golf course, you’ll have plenty of options to branch out and specialise in one of the world’s fastest growing industries.
At Reaseheath we’ve recognised how important the ‘green industry’ is going to be in the future and we’ve invested £8.3 million into our National Centre for Horticulture, the Environment and Sustainable Technology. If you join Reaseheath Horticulture you’ll be introduced to cutting-edge technologies and science in the only college facility of its kind!
In 2021, the UK’s largest training and research centre for vertical farming was completed on our campus. The facility consists of three floor to ceiling growing chambers while a separate research growing room allows for micro scale testing and trials.
Read all about the exciting careers you could go into on the Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture careers magazine here.
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Nathan Webster
Current job role: Lead Landscape Architect, Wright Landscapes Ltd
- British Association of Landscape Industries award 2019
- Pro Landscaper’s 30 Under 30: The Next Generation 2021
- RHS Young Designer of the Year 2023
“Landscape Architecture isn’t just about designing beautiful spaces, it’s about designing and overseeing projects which meet the needs of people and the environment.
“Recent events have shown how important trees and plants are for people’s mental and physical health, and for the health of the planet. As well as creating personal gardens for clients I’m interested in cityscapes, where you can be creative while making cities greener, healthier and more sustainable.
“I owe a lot to the five years I spent at Reaseheath – I gained so much confidence in my own ability. My diploma prepared me for my future life and my degree taught me how to prepare designs from client briefs. Being part of the student design and build team for Reaseheath’s show gardens at RHS Tatton Flower Show was great experience and set me up for success there with my own show gardens.”
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Why study?
Why study Horticulture and Landscape at Reaseheath?
Our courses are industry focused so you will develop skills to help you gain employment or set up your own business. You will receive relevant training for a modern industry including work experience with our network of partners.
You’ll become career ready by getting involved in the design and build of medal winning show gardens and community gardening projects to gain experience (you may even appear on TV!)
Our 21-hectares of formal gardens and grounds is the perfect learning environment for horticulture students, with specialist plant collections, unusual trees, designed landscapes and sports pitches.
You will study in our state-of-the-art commercial production unit with its automated glasshouses, computer controlled hydroponic system and innovative LED lighting and experience commercial crop production.
You will also enjoy visits to gardens with nationally significant landscaping and planting schemes or get involved in industry-led projects on and off campus.
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“Horticulture is one of the most fun, exciting, rewarding and diverse industries I can think of. For me, it’s so important that we inspire more young people to get into horticulture as a career.Gardening can potentially help to save the world.”