144 Short courses offered by the university

The demand for organically grown vegetables is currently a major growth area in commercial horticulture. This Commercial Organic Vegetable Growing course from Warnborough College is a good starting point in learning all aspects of organic vegetable production.

Join this Hydroponics Part 1 course from Warnborough College and develop a sound understanding of the theory and practice of hydroponics. 

Become an expert on grevilleas with the Growing Grevilleas course from Warnborough College, which provides a thorough grounding in identifying, growing and using grevilleas.

This online Managing Notable Gardens course from Warnborough College will teach you about how to manage heritage and significant gardens. 

The Outdoor Plant Production (Crops) course from Warnborough College covers site, crop selection, soil management, cut flowers, vegetables, berries, nuts, herbs, tree fruits, other crops, managing a market garden and more.

An Amenity Site is primarily used for recreation, pleasure, visual enhancement or environmental improvement rather than for the production of economic crops. Prerequisite : You must complete Amenity Horticulture Part 1 before atempting this Amenity Horticulture II course from Warnborough College.

Horticulture therapy uses the activities surrounding horticulture to improve the well-being, physical health and social interaction of it’s patients. These activities may include; gardening, plant care, plant propagation and natural environment visits; like parks and natural gardens. Learn more about this in the Horticultural Therapy course from Warnborough College.

Learn what is a bird, how they evolved, what adaptations they developed to be able to colonize air, land and water so successfully. This Ornithology course from Warnborough College is designed for people working or wishing to work with birds, life scientists and environmental researchers and consultants, or amateur bird watchers. 

Explain the nature and scope of providing, establishing and managing amenity horticulture sites. This Amenity Horticulture course from Warnborough College has been developed by professionals in both Australia and the UK, with the aim of being relevant throughout the world. This is a module in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Master of Horticulture.

Join the Aquarium Management course from Warnborough College and learn about looking after fish and in an aquarium environment.

Study this foundation course in (Level 3) Plant Growth for Horticulture from Warnborough College  and develop your ability to describe the principles of plant taxonomy.

This Seed Propagation course from Warnborough College assumes general foundation knowledge of plant propagation.

Join the Cutting Propagation course from Warnborough College and develop your ability to propagate a wide variety of different plants by cuttings.

This Growing Iris course from Warnborough College is valuable for anyone with a serious interest in irises either as a commercial grower or an enthusiastic home collector. 

This Cut Flower Production course from Warnborough College provides a thorough basic training for the commercial cut flower grower.

The Agronomy - Oil Crops course offered by Warnborough College will help you learn about growing oil crops.

This online Dog Psychology and Training course from Warnborough College will help you understand the behaviour of dogs and gives you extensive insight into the industry of dog psychology and training. 

Ever wanted to grow mushrooms and didn’t know where to start? Here is a comprehensive Mushroom Production course from Warnborough College covering how to grow mushrooms on either a small or large scale. Emphasis is placed on the Agaricus species (the Champignon), though other commercially important edible fungi are also considered. 

The Animal Grooming course from Warnborough College helps you develop a fundamental understanding of animal grooming.

How do you learn the practical side of horticulture by distance education? This Practical Horticulture I course from Warnborough College is offered online or on CD only, where you can make full use of interactive learning tasks and coloured photography on the computer.