New horticulture programmes in full bloom at Lytham Hall

Published: Monday 26 October 2026

Myerscough College has formalised a partnership with Lytham Hall to delivery high quality horticulture training to Lytham Hall's volunteers and to the local community.

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Do you love everything relating to plants and love working outdoors? Are you looking to extend your own personal gardening skills, improve your job prospects, maybe even be considering a change of direction in your career

Do you want to actively learn with like-minded people, who have the same passion? Do you want to train at one of the leading land-based colleges in the North West?

We are excited to be able to offer the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Certificate in Practical Horticulture. This qualification will be delivered by expert tutors from Myerscough College but will utilise the wide range of horticultural resources available at Lytham Hall.

Learners will be able to learn applied horticulture in the beautiful supporting of Lytham Hall and its gardens.

Details of how you can apply for the RHS programme will be made available in due course, so please keep checking back to this page once they become live.

The course is open to anyone wanting to further their horticultural skills and knowledge who can dedicate one day a week to the qualification. This is in addition to a City and Guilds course in Practical Horticulture which will also be running at Lytham Hall especially for the venue’s volunteers.

These programmes offer an excellent introduction to studying horticulture at Myerscough and allow for more flexible start and end dates, ideal for learners unable to commit to the full year RHS courses.

For more information about our community horticulture provision at Lytham Hall and at other sites across Lancashire and Liverpool, please email shortcourses@myerscough.ac.uk