Sneak Peek
Learn Essential Gardening Skills in your own pace
Gardening can be a lot of fun, a hobby or a job. 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.
Lesson Structure
There are 8 lessons in this course:
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APPROACHES TO GARDENING
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Ways to Garden
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Garden Planning
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TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
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Selecting and Using Tools and Machines
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Types of Gardening Tools and Equipment
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Equipment
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PLANTS AND PLANTING
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Plant Names
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Plant Groups
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Planting in Garden Beds
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Taking Care of Young Plants
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Greenhouses and Shade houses
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GROWING MEDIA AND POTS
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Soil Composition
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Problems with Organic Materials
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Potting Media
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Plant Containers
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WATERING AND FEEDING
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Applying Water to Plants
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Trickle Irrigation in Easy Care Gardens
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Water Saving Measure
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Feeding Plants
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PESTS, DISEASES AND WEEDS
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Biological Competitors
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Environmental Problems
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The Importance of Healthy Soil to Plant Health
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Garden Hygiene – Keeping the Garden Healthy
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How Water Affects Plant Health
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Air, Soil Temperature, Light: Importance to Plant Growth
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Biodiversity: The Path to Garden and Plant Health
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Plant Protection
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Protecting from Cold and Heat
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Using Organic Sprays and Dusts
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What Makes a Weed?
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Using Weed killers
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Weed Identification
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Weed Control Methods
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PRUNING AND MOWING
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Pruning Plants
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Grass Surfaces
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Maintaining Lawns
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GARDENING TECHNIQUES
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Organic Gardening
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Permaculture
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No-dig Gardening
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No-Till Planting in Turf
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Making Compost
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Crop Rotation
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Seed Saving
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Environmental Horticulture
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Integrated Pest Management
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Hydroponics
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Bonsai
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Final Assessment
DEVELOP KEY SKILLS FOR BETTER GARDENING
- Amateur, tradesman or professional
- Home gardens, parks, public landscapes and more
- Identifying, selecting and appreciating differences between species
- Managing water, nutrition, plant health, pruning, weed control and more
Who is this course for?
- Home gardeners
- Trade gardeners without any formal training
- Anyone else working in horticulture, but lacking any formal training
- Garden business owners
- Anyone seeking to get a job or start a business as a gardener
