Sneak Peek
Self paced 20-hour course to help you learn essential gardening skills
Gardening can be a lot of fun, a hobby or a job. This course will help you understand the fundamentals of gardening to take the guessing of what you might be doing right or wrong out of the equation. Understand how to ensure your plants receive the optimum growing conditions including nutrition, water, appropriate lighting and pest control.
Without an understanding of the basics though, mistakes are easily made. Time and money can be wasted doing gardening tasks incorrectly, or with the wrong equipment and materials. This short course can be studied in your own time and is great way of learning all of the gardening essentials. This course is a great way of minimising those issues, and creating a better looking, more functional garden.
If you are a home gardener -be a better one.
If you work in the garden industry - stop making basic mistakes that are easily avoided.
A little gardening knowledge can go a long way.
Our 20 hour courses are self paced and will help you understand a topic in a short amount of time. You can work through the course when you like- test yourself with mini-tests along the way. There are extra case studies or research you can undertake if you would really like to get into the topic. Once you have completed the lessons and self assessment tasks, there is a final exam undertaken online- you can then download your personalised certificate.
Course contents - What do you learn?
Lesson 1 APPROACHES TO GARDENING
Ways to Garden
Garden Planning
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 2 TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Selecting and Using Tools and Machines
Types of Gardening Tools and Equipment
Equipment
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 3 PLANTS AND PLANTING
Plant Names
Plant Groups
Planting in Garden Beds
Taking Care of Young Plants
Greenhouses and Shade houses
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 4 GROWING MEDIA AND POTS
Soil Composition
Problems with Organic Materials
Potting Media
Plant Containers
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 5 WATERING AND FEEDING
Applying Water to Plants
Trickle Irrigation in Easy Care Gardens
Water Saving Measure
Feeding Plants
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 6 PESTS, DISEASES AND WEEDS
Biological Competitors
Environmental Problems
The Importance of Healthy Soil to Plant Health
Garden Hygiene – Keeping the Garden Healthy
How Water Affects Plant Health
Air, Soil Temperature, Light: Importance to Plant Growth
Biodiversity: The Path to Garden and Plant Health
Plant Protection
Protecting from Cold and Heat
Using Organic Sprays and Dusts
What Makes a Weed?
Using Weedkillers
Weed Identification
Weed Control Methods
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 7 PRUNING AND MOWING
Pruning Plants
Grass Surfaces
Maintaining Lawns
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 8 GARDENING TECHNIQUES
Organic Gardening
Permaculture
No-dig Gardening
No-Till Planting in Turf
Making Compost
Crop Rotation
Seed Saving
Environmental Horticulture
Integrated Pest Management
Hydroponics
Bonsai
Review what you have been learning
Final Assessment
How does this course work?
You can enrol at any time.
Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.
There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end
of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and
each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need
internet access to complete the self assessment tests.
At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment
which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60%
pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of
completion with your name on it.