WHY TEAGASC ? HORTICULTURE
1000 ’ s of graduates , found in every horticulture business in Ireland have come through our two colleges . Facilities of both colleges are impressive . Kildalton College has excellent class rooms and labs recently opened . It has substantial horticulture facilities on site with a commercial nursery , food crop production in fields , glass houses and poly tunnels , grounds keeping and sport turf facilities . The college offers on campus accommodation . The Amenity college of horticulture is set in the grounds of the famous Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin . The college opened beautiful new classrooms and lab in 2014 . Additional state of the art training facilities are due to open in September 2016 in our Ashtown campus .
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CAREER PROFILES
Horticulture might be a mysterious title to put on our trade - it is so broad every one working in it has a different understanding of it . From designing with plants , growing fruit and food crops , to researching how climate change will affect wild flowers ( weeds to you and me ) working in horticulture can be fun , interesting , and give you a career to be proud of . From the people in NASA working on what could grow on Mars to the turf grass grower producing sods for Croke Park , they have all studied horticulture .
Contact Details
Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture , National Botanic Gardens , Glasnevin , Dublin 9 D09 VY63 Tel : 018040201 Email : botanic . college @ teagasc . ie http :// www . teagasc . ie / botanicgardens / Kildalotn College , Piltown , Co . Kilkenny Tel : 051 644400 Email : reception @ kildaltoncollege . ie http :// www . teagasc . ie / training / colleges / kildalton / horticulture . asp
Emily McGrath , Humewood Estate , Kiltegan , Co . Wicklow BSc . Ordinary Degree in Horticulture , Waterford Institute of Technology , Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture 2013
I studied at the Botanic Gardens to gain knowledge of horticulture in general , from plant identification and suitable planting locations , planting schemes , propagation and garden maintenance , along with the effects of our actions on the environment / biodiversity . For some time I have dreamed of being involved in maintaining a mature / historical garden , whether it be in a park or a private setting . Since finishing college I have gained clients for garden maintenance , replanting gardens , tidy ups , creating new beds etc . Recently I gained a seasonal contract in a beautiful private estate , quite aptly situated in the ‘ Garden of Ireland ’. The grounds span over 400 acres , with a walled garden , a rose garden , mature woodlands , all with the backdrop of the Wicklow Mountains . The work is very varied throughout the day , from propagation and potting on , to moving plants , pruning , redesigning and replanting beds . This is the direction I really wanted to go from studying in the Botanic Gardens . The qualification gained has most definitely influenced the employer ’ s decision . The best advice I can give is to try out different industries of horticulture during your work placement , the span of horticulture really is huge . You will know for sure what you like and don ’ t like from working in it . Keep going in the direction you would like to take , it could be a gradual progression but really is worth it in the long run .
Shane Thorne • Vegetable grower • Level 6 advanced cert in horticulture , Kildalton
Shane works alongside his father and uncle who own a large vegetable growing and packing business in north Dublin specialising in producing high quality parsnips for some of the biggest retailers in the country . He trained in Kildalton College and completed his placement in research in Ashtown campus .
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