Horticulture courses available in Byron Bay and Mullumbimby
Turn your green fingers into a valuable skill and even a career with Byron Community College’s horticulture courses.
Whether you aspire to grow your own food in a micro farm, nurture flowers and plants in a nursery or landscape parks and gardens, our horticulture courses are right up your path.
Hands-on and focused on practical, real-world learning, our courses cover every aspect of a horticulture system. From designing to growing and irrigating through to harvesting, you’ll gain the confidence to achieve your horticultural goals.
Learn more about our courses based in Byron Bay and Mullumbimby below.
Each week offers the opportunity to learn and create a different floral design ranging from professionally wired flower crowns to stunning modern bouquets and unique statement arrangements, all of which are yours to take home and enjoy for the remainder of the week. Gain insight into how a floral arrangement can be costed and the retail value of floral designs. You will learn how to prepare and care for fresh flowers and materials used in each class along with basic information on...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Engage in short and simple spoken exchanges at work (FSKOCM002)
Write short and simple workplace information (FSKWTG003)
This course has no current classes. Please
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Expand your floristry knowledge even further with our new Advanced Floristry course. This course is designed for students who have completed our Introduction to Floristry and Floristry Intermediate courses or those who have some basic floristry experience. Each week offers the opportunity to learn and create six different floral designs ranging from, professionally wired wrist corsages to stunning garden style bouquets and complimentary table arrangements. Once complete all of...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Use oral communication skills for effective workplace presentations (FSKOCM005)
This course is for those who would like a deeper understanding of the natural systems at work within the soil. Welcome to the fascinating world of the soil food web; the microscopic world that forms soils and feeds and protects plants. During this course you will learn how to harvest micro-organisms from your local area and apply them to your soil whilst gaining an understanding of the plant socio-biome and how you can work to enhance your environment to allow these natural systems...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Write short and simple workplace information (FSKWTG003)
Use digital technology for routine and simple workplace tasks (FSKDIG002)
Use oral communication skills to participate in workplace meetings (FSKOCM004)
This course has no current classes. Please
the waiting list.
This course is for those who would like a deeper understanding of the natural systems at work within the soil. Welcome to the fascinating world of the soil food web; the microscopic world that forms soils and feeds and protects plants. During this course you will learn how to harvest micro-organisms from your local area and apply them to your soil whilst gaining an understanding of the plant socio-biome and how you can work to enhance your environment to allow these natural systems...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Use oral communication skills to participate in workplace meetings (FSKOCM004)
Use digital technology for routine and simple workplace tasks (FSKDIG002)
Write short and simple workplace information (FSKWTG003)
This course has no current classes. Please
the waiting list.
Join us in this hands-on workshop where we share our knowledge and skills from years of experience working with this amazing material. We will be building an 8 meter bamboo yurt, creating a usable, undercover area that is both beautiful and sustainable. The yurt structure is economical, eco-friendly, strong and can be built in many configurations to suit your site requirements. This workshop will include: Introduction to bamboo and its building properties Site visit to learn about...
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This course has no current classes. Please
the waiting list.
