Aarhus Educational Centre for Agriculture

Aarhus Educational Center for Agriculture (Aarhus Educational Center Aarhus) is a school of secondary education in Aarhus, Denmark. The school functions as an economically independent institution subordinated to the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education and offers vocational training in agriculture, gardenering, forestry, zoo keeping, floristry and agricultural management. The school is spread over 4 locations in Beder, Malling, Vejlby and Bredballegård. Beder is home to the gardening, floristry and forestry and nature technician programs. Bredballegård is home to the zoo keeping, farming and agricultural vehicle licensing programs. Vejlby is home to the agricultural management program and Malling is home to the horse training and riding programs Beginners of the school can be traced back to 1889 when Beder Horticultural School had its first 4 participants on a gardening course while Malling Agrucultural School opened a few miles to the south. In 1921 Vejlby Agricultural School opened and started buying land tracts in the surrounding areas. In 1959, Beder Horticultural School had grown in size and changed its name to Beder School of Gardening. In 1985 a farm, Bredballegård, with 25 hectares of land in Mårslet is rebuilt as a school for elementary training in agricultural sciences and for agricultural vehicle licenses. In 1987 Beder School of Gardening took over the elementary training in the agricultural sciences from Aarhus Tech and rented Bredballegård in order to continue in the same facilities. Malling Agrucultural School in 1991 started a partnership with the Danish Riding Association to educate trainers and riders at Vilhelmsborg. In 1997 the Beder School of Gardening, Malling Agrucultural School and Vejlby Agricultural School enters a partnership that leads to a fusion of Beder School of Gardening and Malling Agricultural School in 1999 to the institution Danish Center for Agricultural Education. In 2008 Vejlby Agricultural School and the Danish Center for Agricultural Education merged into the current Aarhus Educational Center for Agriculture.