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The Principles of Gardening
| Start date: | Any |
| Duration: | Up to 18 months |
| Formal prerequisite: | None |
| Certificate awarded: | Yes |
| Fee: | £280.00 |
Our Principles of Gardening course offers a science based, "green approach". There is no examination. The emphasis is on the use of organic manures and biological control methods. It asks searching questions on fruit, vegetables and flowers plus horticultural principles of plant botany, physiology and the effect of the environment. This knowledge is highly desirable to professionals and amateurs alike.
| Lesson 1 | Vegetables and their cultivation, including rotation, crop growing. |
| Lesson 2 | Soils for fruit growing, winter pruning. Soil composition and soil types. |
| Lesson 3 | Manures, fertilisers and lime for fruit and vegetables, trace elements. |
| Lesson 4 | Flowering plants, annuals, perennials, herbaceous, bedding plants, cut flowers. |
| Lesson 5 | Planting trees and shrubs, soil preparation, after-care. Notes on trees, shrubs. |
| Lesson 6 | Potting composts, cucumbers, melons, rock wool and nutrient film techniques. |
| Lesson 7 | Plant propagation - seed requirements, genetics, propagation, hormones, mist. |
| Lesson 8 | Pollination and fertilisation, flower/seed structure, nutrition, osmosis. |
| Lesson 9 | Fungus diseases, insect pests, life cycles, control principles. |
| Lesson 10 | Lawns from seed, after-care, manures and top-dressings, weed control. |
| Lesson 11 | Garden Planning |
| Lesson 12 | Plant Selection & Maintenance |
Special notes
When enrolling on this course students receive 12 lesson - with tuition for 10 of those lessons. This course is currently on offer at £60.00 off the normal price which was previously £340.00. We are currently offer a free copy of Carol Kleins Grow Your Own Veg when you enrol on this course and pay in full. (UK Enrolments Only)
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