Diploma in Horticultural Technician (Co-op)

  • Country Canada
  • Course Duration 24 month
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Courses Campus On Campus
  • Language Specification IELTS
  • Program Level Diploma
  • Education Required 2-Year Undergraduate Diploma
  • Admission intake JAN
  • Minimum GPA 50

Application Charges

Application Fee Tution Fee
CAD 100 CAD 14,050

Application Date

Application Start Date Application Closing Date
2023-02-09
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Program Description

As a Horticultural Technician you are focused on sustainable growing techniques and maintenance practices to help increase the biodiversity of the urban/suburban landscape. This program starts in September.
  • The 125-acre Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake serves as a living lab with the NC Greenhouse Nursery, Ontario’s largest training greenhouse, newly renovated landscape design studio and computer lab, and a heated landscape workshop.
  • Study and research new technologies for generating flowers, fruits, turf and trees.
  • Gain experience in sustainable growth techniques via campus landscape, gardens and greenhouse.
  • Hands-on learning of plant health to protect biodiversity in nature.
  • Graduates can earn a co-op diploma in landscaping or greenhouse fields with an additional year of study. Visit the Pathways tab for details.

Other Requirements

  • Grade 12 with 50% and above. Math required. Recommended Courses : Biology – Grade 11 or Grade 12, Chemistry – Grade 11 or Grade 12
  • Niagara College does not accept students from Open schooling and Distance Education System. Education Gap:Student completed most recent studies within 5 years from start of the program (Example: if the program begins in 2018, applicants must have completed their last program of study no earlier than 2013 Student does not have more than 9 backlogs in university study. State Secondary School Board All required courses = 55% required & 10 + 2 English = 65% required. State Technical Education Board All required courses = 65% required, 10 + 2 English = 70% requied.

Extra Notes


* NOTE : The Tuition Fee is subject to change Semester wise, as such for exact Tuition Fee kindly see the Website of the respective University.
* NOTE : Pathways : Students who want to pursue a Graduate Degree through a particular University but are unable to meet the university requirements for the GPA, GRE/GMAT or English Language scores, have to take up an additional academic and language support i.e. pathways in order to ensure the admit and study at the desired University.