maintaining supports, checking plants for signs of pests and disease, controlling weeds, mulching, water management, irrigation, and the creation of maintenance plans. After completing Unit 1, you should have a good idea of plant physiology, how plants work, what they need, and how growers can provide this. You should also have an idea of nutrition, pests and diseases, biotic and abiotic influences, and protection of the UK from the spread of imported pests and diseases (including unwanted plant species). Of course, each topic is far more detailed than these notes can provide but we hope they provide you with a good base on which to build your knowledge of plants and growing them. You should also relate the supply of plants and obtaining them to the impacts growers can have on other areas such as supporting good practice, diversity, and equality in the workplace by choosing suppliers with good practices in terms of sourcing, using sustainable methods, and safe practices. You should also be able to relate our desire to grow plants with the impact, good or negative, on the wider environment and understand how growing plants, whether for your garden or commercially, can affect a much greater area than just the garden, nursery, or production site we are selecting the plants for. Students also need to be aware that the RHS Examination may include questions related to Health and Safety. To ensure success in this area, students should revise Health and Safety, along with three qualification outcomes, in addition to the eight topics covered in both units. The relevant document, titled ‘Qualification Wide Outcomes’, is available in Unit 1, Topic 1 - Plant Science 1, as a pdf. It falls under the General Section and is easy to locate.
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