The Horticulture Training Program at UBC Botanical Garden is now accepting applications for the session starting in September 2013. This fulltime program is the first provincially accredited entry-level practical horticulture training program to be offered in Vancouver.
An information session is scheduled for interested individuals:
Date: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: UBC Botanical Garden (6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver)
Running from September to May, the fullÂtime Horticulture Training Program is designed to give students the skills and experience necessary for entering the field of horticulture. Completion of 1100 hours of classroom and hands-on practical instruction and supervised practical work will lead to Levels I & II Apprenticeship technical training credit.
Students will be introduced to principles and techniques of landscape construction and design, garden ecology, plant biology and plant health, the nature and role of soil in natural and constructed landscapes, aspects of ornamental and food crop management, as well as practical, hands-on landscape and garden management.
Horticulture instruction will be undertaken using the facilities of the Botanical Garden, Botanical Garden Nursery, Nitobe Memorial Garden, Totem Research Fields, and the UBC landscape at large. Instruction will include a variety of off-site fieldtrips to various horticultural organizations and operations.
Please feel free to share this information and the enclosed brochure with your contacts and members. Thank you!
Karen Leung
Marketing and Communications Coordinator | UBC Biodiversity Collections | Beaty Biodiversity Museum and UBC Botanical Garden including Nitobe Memorial Garden | Faculty of Science
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver
6804 SW Marine Drive | Vancouver, BC Â Canada V6T 1Z4
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