Landscaper
You can look forward to that.
As a landscape gardener, you work to create and maintain green areas. You learn to combine professional knowledge, planning and practical techniques when creating gardens, parks and other outdoor areas. The work alternates between tasks such as planting, sowing, laying tiles, using machinery and advising customers on solutions that suit the site.
The profession requires structure, overview and the desire to work outdoors in tasks where both details and the whole matter.
As a landscape gardener, you work to create and maintain green areas. You learn to combine professional knowledge, planning and practical techniques when creating gardens, parks and other outdoor areas. The work alternates between tasks such as planting, sowing, laying tiles, using machinery and advising customers on solutions that suit the site.
The profession requires structure, overview and the desire to work outdoors in tasks where both details and the whole matter.
How the training takes place
The education starts at Techcollege, where you are introduced to the central areas of the civil engineering profession — including soil, plants, materials, surveying and safety. You learn to work systematically and understand how different elements are included in a green facility.
You will then be apprenticed to a landscaper. Here you will become part of the everyday life and be given tasks as you become ready. You will learn to carry out construction tasks, use machines and tools, follow drawings and create solutions that work in reality.
Everyday life in learning
In your apprenticeship, you work on establishing and maintaining green areas. You plant, prune, pave, measure and maintain areas such as gardens, parks and public facilities. The tasks can be both physical and technical, and you learn to take responsibility for the quality of the work.
You will gradually gain greater independence and be trained to combine professional knowledge with practical routines.
In your apprenticeship, you work on establishing and maintaining green areas. You plant, prune, pave, measure and maintain areas such as gardens, parks and public facilities. The tasks can be both physical and technical, and you learn to take responsibility for the quality of the work.
You will gradually gain greater independence and be trained to combine professional knowledge with practical routines.
Start your education
Ready to get started? Here you will find the upcoming start dates for the program.
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Application deadline & start date - 10.08.2026
Application deadline & start date - 18.01.2027
Frequently Asked Questions
The education lasts up to 4.5 years and alternates between school and apprenticeship.
You can take the basic course at Techcollege . After the basic course, you continue your education at AMU Nordjylland or JU Aarhus , where the main course is completed.
In the landscape horticulture program, you can choose between two specializations:
Civil engineering
Here you work on establishing new green areas.
You will learn to:
Establish gardens, parks and other green areas
Working from the garden architect's sketches
Create your own sketches
Carry out paving work and terrain solutions
There is a focus on the construction and establishment of new facilities.
Care technique
Here you work with the maintenance and care of existing green areas.
You will learn to:
Care and maintenance of parks, cemeteries, golf courses and castle gardens
Water and fertilize
Mow the grass
Weeded weeds
Pruning trees and shrubs
There is a focus on operation, maintenance and plant care.
As a landscape gardener, you work on creating and maintaining green areas such as gardens, parks and cemeteries.
You will learn, among other things, how to:
Sow and plant
Laying tiles
Setting up stairs and terrain walls
Working with both machines and hand tools
Working from detailed drawings
Advise customers about plants, trees and gardens
Techcollege has special facilities for landscapers, including a heated hall with a large sandbox where you learn placement and paving work.
You will also receive theoretical training in, for example:
Soil, water and nutrition
Plant knowledge and plant health
Material understanding
Survey
Biology and science
Mathematics
Civil engineering
Tractor driving license
Fire and first aid
The road as a workplace
The teaching combines practical work and classroom teaching.
Once you have completed the education, you can work as a landscape gardener .
For example, you can work with:
Construction of new gardens and parks
Maintenance of green areas
Advice on plants and outdoor areas
You can also further your education, for example in:
Agricultural Technologist
To start the main course, you must have an apprenticeship - also called a training agreement.
An apprenticeship means that you are employed as a student in a company and enter into an agreement about your education. This is where you learn the subject in practice and become part of a workplace.
You can apply for an apprenticeship with companies yourself, and the school will guide and support you in the process of applying and contacting companies.
If you do not find an apprenticeship immediately, you have the opportunity to receive school training if the education is offered with school training.
School-based training means that you complete the practical part of the education at school instead of in a company. Here you work with the same professional goals and competencies that you would otherwise learn in an apprenticeship.
This means that you can continue your education even if you do not have an apprenticeship from the start.
A vocational education is divided into two parts: basic course and main course .
The basic course
The basic course is the first part of the education and takes place at school.
If you come directly from 9th or 10th grade, you start with Basic Course 1. Here you spend the first half of the year being introduced to the educational field and learning the basic subjects and working methods.
If you do not come directly from primary school – or if you already have an apprenticeship – you start with Basic Course 2. Here you work purposefully with the education you have chosen and get ready for the internship and main course.
The main course
The main course is the part of the education where you alternate between school and internship in a company.
This means that you both receive instruction at school and learn the subject in practice at a workplace.
To start the main course, you must have an apprenticeship (a training agreement) with a company.
There are three ways to meet the entry requirements:
1) You have an apprenticeship
If you have a training agreement with a company, you automatically meet the admission requirements.
2) You meet the grade requirements
You must have:
Passed 9th or 10th grade
At least 02 on average in both Danish and mathematics
Passed the primary school leaving exam
If it has been less than a year since you finished primary school, you must be assessed as ready for education and submit your study choice portfolio.
You must send your diploma with your application.
3) Entrance exam
If you do not meet the requirements, you can take an entrance exam.
If you apply for Basic Course 2, you will need to attend an interview before you can be admitted.
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