Landscape Horticulture Techniques in Niagara College, Canada

Landscape Horticulture Techniques in Niagara College

Are you interested in turning your green thumb and passion for gardening into a blooming career?

As a Landscape Horticulture Techniques graduate you are in high demand from a $7-billion industry with a growth rate of 14 per cent per year and a serious shortage of horticulturalists.

Highlights

• The 125-acre Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus serves as a living lab including Ontario’s largest training greenhouse, newly renovated landscape design studio and computer lab, and a heated landscape workshop.

• Hands-on experiential learning and pride of work; Niagara College is Ontario’s only college where students are responsible for maintaining the campus landscape.

• Graduates may have an opportunity to earn a co-op diploma in landscape, greenhouse or horticultural fields with an additional year of study at Niagara College.

Our Niagara-on-the-Lake campus is the first postsecondary institution in Canada to be recognized as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

Career Opportunities

Graduates can work in at in or at botanical gardens, garden centres, municipal and federal parks, golf courses, greenhouses and nurseries, and many other locations.

• Agricultural representative, consultant or specialist
• Harvester
• Horticulture manager
• Irrigation contractor
• Landscape and horticulture technician or specialist
• Landscaping, grounds maintenance or horticultural service contractor or supervisor
• Landscaper, lawn care or grounds maintenance labourer
• Nursery or greenhouse worker
• Technical sales specialist in wholesale trade

Know more about Studying in Canada

Tuition Fees in Canada (1st Year Average)	BE / BTech: CA$22,600 | MBA: CA$25,375 | MS: CA$17,225 | BBA: CA$20,560 | MEng: CA$22,225 | BSc: CA$20,745 | MASc: CA$20,375 | MIM: CA$28,900 | MA: CA$12,970 | MFin: CA$32,785 | BHM: CA$20,560 | MEM: CA$17,040
Average Accomodation & Food Costs in Canada	CA$8890 Per Year
Entrance Exams in Canada	TOEFL: 86 | IELTS: 6.5 | PTE: 60 | GRE: 309 | GMAT: 560 | SAT: 1177
Work and Study in Canada	Permitted for 20 hours/week with a valid study permit.
Post Study Work Permit in Canada	Up to 3 Years after graduation depending on the course.
Cost of Student Visa in Canada	CAD 150
Student Visa in Canada	A Canada student permit is a document issued by IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) for international students in Canada. To study in Canada, you will require a student permit, which serves as a student visa.
Intakes in Canada	There are Three Intakes in Canada: Fall (September), Winter (January) and Spring (May)
Top Job Sectors in Canada	Business Management, Engineering, Economics, Dentisty, Law, Computer Science.
Economy in Canada	GDP Growth of 1.9% (2018) 1.5% (2019e), 10th Largest Economy in the World by Nominal