Examinations
Your course materials and the valuable tutor feedback you will receive during your studies will help to prepare you for the Royal Horticultural Society qualifications.
We offer advice and assistance for booking examinations when you are ready and you can sit the examinations either online from home or at our centre in Devon. Please see below for RHS and assessment centre requirements and fees.
RHS are developing a new suite of qualifications. Registered students on the below courses (indicated with an asterisk *) must ensure they allow sufficient time to sit the examinations and will have until the final exam session to successfully achieve their qualification. For Level 2 qualifications final sessions are scheduled for February 2024 and for Level 3 qualifications final sessions are scheduled for February 2025. For further information please visit our news page.
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Qualification
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Assessment fees
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Invigilation fees
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Become a Garden Designer* (no longer open to new enrolments)
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£19 x 4 and £29 x 4
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£30 x 8
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Become a Gardener* (no longer open to new enrolments)
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£19 x 8 and £29 x 4
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£30 x 12
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RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning, Establishment and Maintenance* (no longer open to new enrolments)
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£19 x 4
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£30 x 4
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RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth, Propagation and Development* (no longer open to new enrolments)
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£19 x 4
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£30 x 4
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RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Horticulture* (no longer open to new enrolments)
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£19 x 8
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£30 x 8
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RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth and Development (NEW)
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£20 registration plus
£160 standard assessment/examination fees covering 2 examinations (Fee will be invoiced and due within 30 days of commencing your studies)
Where required, re-sit fee are charged at £75 per exam, plus invigilation
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£30 per exam if sat at the centre
£20 per exam if sat online from home
(Payable upon booking your examination)
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RHS Level 3 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning, Construction and Planting*
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£29 x 4
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£30 x 4
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RHS Level 3 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth, Health and Applied Propagation* (no longer open to new enrolments)
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£29 x 4
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£30 x 4
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RHS fees are correct at time of print yet may change. Invigilation fees are a guide and may vary for external centres.
Please note: In accordance with RHS Qualification Fees notice(s), additional fees may apply for late entries, re-sit(s), re-marking etc. A small additional administration fee may also apply in some instances.
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