Hamilton · Online course

Landscaping in Hamilton

Our online landscaping course is designed for people looking to either work within the landscaping industry or to start their own business.

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What you'll learn

The course is the same online course wherever you study from. Its modules:

1. Module 1 – Landscaping 1
2. Module 2 – Landscaping 2

See the full Landscaping course outline

Landscaping & horticulture near Hamilton

Places in and around Hamilton where you can see this field in action.

Hamilton Gardens (opens in a new tab)
Themed gardens grouped into five collections: Fantasy, Paradise, Productive, Cultivar and Landscape. The Productive Collection includes the Kitchen Garden, Herb Garden, Sustainable Backyard Garden and Te Parapara Garden, and the Cultivar Collection includes the Rogers Rose Garden and the Hammond Camellia Garden.
Horticulture and landscaping students can study garden design styles, plant collections and productive planting side by side in one place.
Te Parapara Garden (opens in a new tab)
A traditional Māori productive garden at Hamilton Gardens that shows the skills needed to grow kūmara and other tropical crops in a cooler climate. The site was once home to Haanui, a well-known Ngāti Wairere chief.
Horticulture and organic farming students can see traditional Māori food-growing methods in practice.
Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park (opens in a new tab)
More than 65.5 hectares of former farmland across the road from Hamilton Zoo, being restored to the wetland and forest habitats of the Hamilton Basin around Lake Waiwhakareke (Horseshoe Lake). Volunteers help with native habitat restoration.
Nature park management and horticulture students can volunteer on restoration and native planting; the park's restoration page says no experience is needed.
Taitua Arboretum (opens in a new tab)
A 20-hectare collection of mature trees at 55 Taitua Road, Temple View. John and Bunny Mortimer began planting there in 1973, and it is now managed by Hamilton City Council.
Horticulture and landscaping students can study mature native and exotic trees and the layout of a council-managed arboretum.

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