Amenity Horticulture II BHT325

Enhance your amenity horticulture knowledge. An Amenity Site is primarily used for recreation, pleasure, visual enhancement or environmental improvement rather than for the production of economic crops. Prerequisite : You must complete Amenity Horticulture I before atempting thias course.

This course is a module from the RHS M.Hort (based on curriculum developed by the Royal Horticultural Society); this can be taken either as part of the M.Hort Program, as a module in one of our other qualifications or as a stand alone course (Ideal for use as a Professional Development program for persons working in the horticulture industry anywhere in the world).

Lesson Structure There are 7 lessons in this course:

1. Adapting Amenity Horticulture to Changing needs
2. Macro Panning for Amenity Land Provision
3. Resources and Information.
4. Environmental impacts
5. Economic Impacts
6. Community Involvement
7. Developing a Management Plan

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school\'s tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

What you will do

• Identify optional management approaches for amenity horticulture sites.
• Determine varying features of optional management approaches for amenity horticulture sites.
• Explain planning concepts and processes used for provision of amenity land.
• Identify and describe up to date information sources relating to changing influences on the amenity industry.
• Explain current social environmental issues as they evolve in a changing political climate, for example community involvement, sustainability, public/private partnerships.
• Explain current economic issues as they evolve in a changing political climate, for example community involvement, sustainability, public/private partnerships.
• Describe Methods of community involvement from user surveys and consultation exercises through to physical involvement using volunteer groups.
• Explain the relationship between the amenity industry, government policies and communities.
• Critically evaluate the means by which the community can be engaged with the amenity industry.
• Determine the impact of community policies on local strategies.
• Determine relevant issues (social, political, economic and environmental) that relate to management of amenity sites.
• Develop an appropriate management plan for an amenity site.