Home Garden Expert

Overview

This Home Garden Expert course from Warnborough College contains hundreds of pages of notes, hundreds of photos and illustrations, and (for the online & CD version) large numbers of automated self assessment tests. Eight units each comprising 2 or 3 lessons. Each lesson involves both reading and practical work.

Course aims

• Identify plant health problems and know treatments.

• Know the plant naming system and how plants are classified.

• Understand the effect of soil structure and texture on plant growth.

• Understand plant terminology and planting methods.

• Understand plant pruning requirements and methods

• Know plant nutrition requirements

• Understand soil conditions and when they require improvement.

• Recognise a range of pests and diseases and the methods of control.

• Recognise a range of weeds and know various control methods.

• Know a range of garden styles and the history behind them.

• Have knowledge of landscape construction techniques.

• Understand the elements and processes of landscape design.

• Understand various propagating techniques

• Propagate plants by various methods

• Understand the soil preparation and requirements to establish or renovate a lawn

• Know lawn maintenance requirements.

• Understand requirements, including environmental and nutritional aspects of growing plants indoors (including hydroponics and greenhouses).

• Know how to select plants suited to growth indoors

• Develop knowledge of vegetable growing procedures and requirements.

• Have knowledge of a range of fruits and berries suited to the home garden

• Have knowledge of a range of commonly grown herbs and flowers