During lock down many people have been reassessing their
lives and livelihoods. For many of us,
our gardens have become a refuge. Others
the opportunity to change career and one of the most appealing and rewarding
has been ornamental horticulture, or gardening for pleasure rather than growing
crops. The career opportunities are
immense, from working in a historic garden of many acres, to designing, building
and maintaining a small courtyard garden in a modern housing development. One can be an employee with a salary, or
self-employed with the freedom and flexibility to go where your interests take
you.
What is becoming very clear to employers, whether they are
large institutions or small garden maintenance companies, is that there is a
severe skills shortage in the horticultural profession. There is an urgent need for trained and
motivated horticulturalists with skills ranging from lawns to maintaining
ponds. The courses at ACS cover a plethora
of skills and interests. The tutors have
decades, if not centuries, of experience between them from many different areas
of ornamental horticulture.
Perhaps the most important attraction of ornamental
horticulture for many of us is that our gardens are becoming a vital refuge,
not only for us, but for the wildlife with which we share this space on
Earth. Many animals, and especially
those involved in pollination, find food and safety in our gardens away from pesticides
and other pollution. Ornamental
horticulture is not only an extremely rewarding profession, it is a vital
profession for the health of the planet and for our own well-being.
Find out more about how ACS can improve your skills in ornamental horticulture by contacting a tutor.
Just some of what we can offer -
Pruning Short Course
Designing Gardens
Creating A Garden Theme Short Course
Tutor Support Ornamental Gardening Courses
