BSc Hons Horticulture Plantsmanship

SRUC’s BSc (Hons) Horticulture (Plantsmanship) is delivered in partnership with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). Students study horticultural practices and plant botany, with modules across plant biology, ecology, garden history, ethnobotany, species conservation, taxonomy, and biogeography. The course also includes taught lectures, real-world projects, and hands-on training with RBGE horticulturists, scientists, and lecturers.

Learning takes place across bespoke classroom spaces and dedicated outdoor environments, and it runs throughout RBGE’s collections. The final years include independent study and specialist talks, ending with a final honours project in a subject of the student’s choice. The course offers part-time study and full-time study options.

Modules

• Production Horticulture (SRUC).
• Plant Biology (RBGE & SRUC).
• Maintaining Gardens and Green Spaces (RBGE for Plantsmanship students).
• Ecology and Environmental Horticulture (SRUC).
• Designing Gardens (SRUC).
• Social and Community Horticulture (SRUC).
• Plant Identification (typically RBGE for Plantsmanship students).
• Horticulture: Professional Practice (RBGE).
• Applied Horticultural Research (SRUC, although some projects at RBGE).
• Advanced Plant Biology (RBGE & SRUC).
• Sustainability and Innovation (SRUC).
• Botanic and Historic Garden Horticulture (RBGE).

Four Highers (BBCC) to include a science subject.

• National 5 (A-C) or equivalent pass in English and Maths.
• Comparable Qualifications: 3 A-Levels (BCC), including a science subject, with GCSE passes in Maths and English.
• Comparable Qualifications: JCPA plus 4 Irish Leaving Certificate subjects at Higher Level at H3, H3, H3, H3, including a science subject.

• postgraduate programmes including the MSc Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants offered by RBGE
• senior horticulturists
• scientists
• production managers
• head gardeners
• researchers
• teachers & lecturers
• consultants
• advisors