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This means that you will now graduate with a Te Pūkenga qualification. Read more
Two full time intakes per year, dependent on enrolments. Part-time option, dependent on enrolments.
Full-time: 17 teaching weeks plus 2 weeks study break
60
2025: $270 plus $130 Student Services Levy
A Compulsory Student Services Levy applies (2024; $2.05 per credit).
Fees listed are for each year of the programme, indicative only and may vary with course selection.
View course details for individual fees.
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Apply to start at our Richmond Campus by the end of August and be ready to go by Spring.
If you like working outdoors, love variety, and don't want to work in an office, this programme is for you. It offers skills for working outdoors while learning the feeling of accomplishment by growing things well.
You will learn about soils, how best to manage them to improve your growing, and how to identify and understand pests and diseases and their management.
You will gain the skills and knowledge through hands-on learning to improve your soil management, identify and manage pests and diseases, train and prune fruit trees, maintain plant health, manage water and irrigation, and grow your plants.
We also regularly go on field trips to local growers to apply practical skills. Full-time classes are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9.15 a.m. to 2.45 p.m.
Both campuses have on-site gardens, propagation houses, and amenity plantings.
With the knowledge you learn from this programme, you can get work in the horticulture industry, go on to study at level 4 or put it into practice on your own land or business if you are a small block owner.
If you belong to a business, iwi, or community group and you need horticulture skills, talk to us about how we can work with you to deliver this programme to your group. Email: horticulture@nmit.ac.nz
Start your application today. You'll be glad you did.