The RHS Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture covers essential skills which include the planting, pruning, propagation and maintenance of plants along with the establishment and management of turf, and maintenance of garden features. Learners will also be able to identify a range of plants, pests, diseases, pathogens and disorders.

Course content:

· Plant Identification: Provides the skills and knowledge to enable learners to identify a wide range of plants.
· Plant Establishment: Provides learners with the skills involved in the establishment of plants in containers and the open ground.
· Plant Propagation: Provides learners with the skills and underpinning knowledge to propagate plants professionally
· Plant Health: Provides the skills to be able to identify and prevent a range of threats to plant health.
· Plant Care: Equips learners with the skills and knowledge to be able to implement garden maintenance plans.
· Plant Pruning: Equips learners with the horticultural skills and knowledge to be able to prune a range of plants.
· Garden Features: Provides learners with the skills and underpinning knowledge to be able care for and maintain a wide range of garden features.
· Grassed Areas: Provides learners with the skills required to establish and maintain grassed areas in private and public garden settings