Home Gardening Courses

Home Fruit Growing Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 6 lessons

“This course is for those who would love to have their own healthy crop of fruit in the back garden. The course teaches you about all aspects of growing and maintenance of a large variety of fruits, nuts and berries in the home garden.” - Tracey Morris Dip.Hort., Cert.Hort., Cert III Organic Farming, ACS Tutor.

To pick and eat fruit from your own garden is a wonderful, healthy and satisfying experience.
This course aims to expand your capacity to do just that.
You, like every other student in this course, will have your own very specific desires and needs when embarking upon this course. From the outset, please understand that the course notes are only part of what you will potentially learn. The experiences you have through your set tasks, and if you choose, the use of the school’s many support services can provide you with a range of varied learning experiences according to your own specific needs.

Learning methods available: This course can be studied via Correspondence Correspondence Read more & enrol: Home Fruit Growing

Home Garden Expert Course Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 8 lessons

“If you would like to be the ‘gardening go to person’ of your neighbourhood, Home Garden Expert is great for expanding your skills in all aspects of caring for your home garden. People of all ages have benefited from this course.” - Tracey Morris Dip.Hort., Cert.Hort., Cert III Organic Farming, ACS Tutor.

Become the gardening expert of your family with this comprehensive home gardening course.
This course 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. 
 

 This is a "blue ribbon" course for home gardeners who want the best!

Learning methods available: This course can be studied via Correspondence Correspondence This course can be studied Online Online This course can be studied through E-Learning E-Learning Read more & enrol: Home Garden Expert Course

Home Propagation (Beginner's) Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 10 lessons

“Learning about propagating your own plants will save you loads of money and give you a great hobby. Some of the toughest and most beautiful gardens I have seen were created with home made cuttings. Horticultural experts will show you how.” - Tracey Morris Dip.Hort., Cert.Hort., Cert III Organic Farming, ACS Tutor.

This course aims to develop a basic understanding of the principles of plant propagation, an overview of propagation techniques, equipment and a general knowledge of the methods of propagation of the more commonly cultivated plants. It is a great base for growing your own plants and is a skill  that you will have with you for the rest of your life. You will also be able to use it to teach others.
Learning methods available: This course can be studied via Correspondence Correspondence This course can be studied Online Online This course can be studied through E-Learning E-Learning Read more & enrol: Home Propagation (Beginner's)

Home Vegetable Growing Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 8 lessons

“Lots of people are keen to grow their own food, and this course helps them gain the skills required to create their own vegetable gardens. It is easy to understand, practical, and can be adapted to your own garden requirements.”- Tracey Morris Dip.Hort., Cert.Hort., Cert III Organic Farming, ACS Tutor.

Learn how to grow delicious, fresh, healthy vegetables simply at home. You will learn such
things as:
  • How to build a vegie garden.
  • Cultivation and planting.
  • The main types of vegetables.
  • How to make great compost.
  • Pest, disease and weed control.
  • Hydroponic and greenhouse growing.
  • Herbs and uncommon vegetable varieties.
  • Watering and irrigation systems.
  • Harvesting, storing and using vegetables.
Learning methods available: This course can be studied via Correspondence Correspondence Read more & enrol: Home Vegetable Growing

Landscaping Home Gardens Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 10 lessons

“I have found this course is great for the home gardener who wants to learn how to landscape their own garden. They can learn how to design and maintain their own creation themselves. It’s great - the cost of studying the course is nothing compared to how much it would cost to get in ‘The Professionals’!” - Tracey Morris Dip.Hort., Cert.Hort., Cert III Organic Farming, ACS Tutor.

Learn how to plan, lay out and construct your own home garden. Whether you want a garden which you can work in, play in or simply look at and feel proud of then this course is for you. Topics covered include: designing gardens, styles of gardens, drawing plans, understanding soils, basic landscape construction, weeds & pests, planting & pruning, lawns & other surfacings, garden features, plus a special project to help you develop your own garden

This course is 100% for home gardeners. While our other courses can certainly be relevant to home gardeners; they are generally considered as more oriented toward the "business" of landscaping; or those working in the industry.

Learning methods available: This course can be studied via Correspondence Correspondence Read more & enrol: Landscaping Home Gardens
 

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