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Overview
Key facts
Aims of the Plant Selection and Establishment course from Warnborough College:
- Visiting different gardens, nurseries and/or parks. These could include home gardens, parks, commercial or any other type of site. The choice is your (If for some reason (eg. Disability or isolation) you are unable to physically visit gardens or other places, you may undertake a ‘virtual visit’ using the internet; and liaise via email).
- Survey or interview industry people.
- Analyse and devise maintenance plants for different areas.
- Research the cause of an incident.
- Prepare a weed collection of either pressings, photographs or illustrations.
Programme Structure
Lessons:
- Woody plants – Selecting woody plants, trees, shrubs, deciduous/semi deciduous/evergreen; flowering shrubs, Establishing woody plants, Planting procedure, Dealing with shade, etc
- Windbreaks, hedges and screens – Plant selection, establishing windbreaks & screens, Trimming a hedge, etc
- Alpine and water plants – Selecting & establishing alpines, Selecting water plants, Establishment & maintenance of water plants
- Annual and herbaceous plants
- Turf – Varieties, Lawn mixes, What to grow where, Wildflower Meadows, Turf establishment, Soil Preparation, Seeding, Sodding, Stolonizing, Sprigging, Plugging, Mowing, Fertilising, etc
- Maintenance – Fertilizing, Managing pH, Replacing plants, Pruning, Irrigation, Humidity, Mulch, Developing a maintenance Program,
- Pest and disease control – Problem prevention, Non chemical control, Chemical control
- Weed control – Non chemical control, Chemical control, Safety, Alternative strategies.
- Risk assessment
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Campus Location
- Canterbury, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Horticulture and Crop Science Botany View 60 other Short Courses in Horticulture and Crop Science in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents395 GBP / full≈ 395 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents395 GBP / full≈ 395 GBP / full
Funding
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