Our Grovely campus is renowned for the delivery of courses in horticulture and animal studies. The campus is located near the impressive Brisbane State Forest Park and its classrooms and training areas are surrounded by manicured lawns, sprawling gardens, nurseries, and reclaimed forest areas. The campus is also within easy walking distance of a shopping precinct featuring a supermarket, food outlets and restaurants.
Develop your career in landscaping with this high-level course that will give you the advanced skills and knowledge to become a landscape designer.
Advance your career in animal care with this intermediate-level course. Become a veterinary nurse, or gain the skills needed to complete further studies in the field.
Get started on your career in horticulture with this entry-level course that will qualify you to work in nurseries and parks and gardens.
Kick start your career with animals with this entry-level course that will give you the skills to work as an animal attendant or trainer.
Develop your career in landscaping with this high-level course that will give you the advanced skills and knowledge to become a landscape designer.
Advance your career in animal care with this intermediate-level course. Become a veterinary nurse, or gain the skills needed to complete further studies in the field.
Get started on your career in horticulture with this entry-level course that will qualify you to work in nurseries and parks and gardens.
Kick start your career with animals with this entry-level course that will give you the skills to work as an animal attendant or trainer.
At our Grovely campus you can study a range of courses including animal studies, English language , horticulture, landscape design, rural operations, small business management, and turf management. Twice a year the campus hosts a plant sale where horticulture students have an opportunity to sell the plants they've propagated, potted, and nurtured.
You can gain practical experience pampering and grooming animals for real customers in our open-to-the-public pet grooming salon. The salon has all the same facilities, equipment, and products used in a real pet grooming facility and offers a full range of pet grooming treatments including bathing, clipping, and flea control. Learn more
Situated in the stunning Brisbane State Forest Park, our Grovely campus is well placed to offer a range of hands-on horticulture courses. The campus features a range of specialist facilities to deliver these courses including a nursery potting area, shade house, propagation house, fog house, machinery shed, nursery retail centre, and tissue culture laboratory.
The Grovely campus library has a number of facilities available such as individual study spaces, group study areas, computer labs, and audio-visual viewing areas. The library has a number of collections including texts and course-related materials, general reading materials, ebooks, PDFs, journals, newspapers, directories, encyclopaedias, and government acts and regulations. Learn more
Street Address:
Fitzsimmons Street,
Keperra Qld 4054
Postal Address:
Locked Bag 14,
South Brisbane Qld 4101
Monday | 8:30am-4:30pm |
Tuesday | 8:30am-4:30pm |
Wednesday | 9:30am-4:30pm |
Thursday | 8:30am-4:30pm |
Friday | Closed |
Saturday | Closed |
Sunday | Closed |
The campus is just a 10 minute walk from the Grovely rail station with the closest bus stop located at Dawson Parade near Casey Street.
If you live nearby, cycling could be another cost effective option to get to class with bike racks available on campus.
Plenty of free off-street parking is available in the streets surrounding our Grovely campus.
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