Bucking the trend: Growing University enrolments in urban horticulture

Abstract

From 2007 to 2013, campus enrolments in horticultural programs at the Burnley Campus of the University of Melbourne increased by 120% This occurred after a period of enrolment decline attributable to range of factors including loss of staff and major structural changes to University courses The turnaround in numbers has affected two major qualifications at Burnley The Associate Degree in Urban Horticulture and the Master of Urban Horticulture. We discuss how the increasing enrolments at Burnley can be attributed to developing a clear narrative around what constitutes urban horticulture. The renewal and realisation process that has occurred in enrolments continues and we emphasise that much w..