Plant variety courses for careers or special interests in horticulture. Become an expert on your favourite plant.Gain skills and knowledge in a plant variety with practical experience. Our courses offer variety, flexible options with support from expert plantsmen, botanists and professional horticulturists
Become an Acacia expert - learn to identify, grow and use Acacias - for landscaping, soil rehabilitation and even food.
Learn about African violets and other Gesneriads - how to propagate, cultivate grow them including the commercial aspects. Develop a career or follow a passion....
Learn more about Australian native ferns and become an expert. Suitable for amateur enthusiasts and commercial growers. Know how to identify, propagate and use...
Study Australian native plants - learn how to identify, propagate and cultivate these interesting plants including Acacias, Grevilleas, Myrtaceae plants, ground...
Study Australian native wildflowers and lower growing natives with showy flowers including ground covers, climbers, creepers, shrubs - know how to identify and...
Learn to identify and grow azaleas and rhododendrons - if you have a passion for these plants or want to work with them commercially, this course is for you - c...
Learn to create different styles of bonsai. Know how to choose suitable plants then train and maintain them to produce a living work of art. An in-depth course ...
Study botany and learn about plant physiology (how they grow and flower) and taxonomy (the naming system). This course is relevant to botanists, scientists, hor...
Learn about edible Australian native (bush tucker) plants. This is a subject that is showing growing interest and opportunities: how to identify, grow and use t...
A course for lovers of cacti and succulents - become an expert. Identify more cultivars, understand the differences between species, choose what to grow and man...
Study carnivorous plants - learn to identify, propagate, grow and use carnivorous plants - work with them, or follow your passion. A course for the enthusiast.
Become a professional in plant growing and use. Train as a horticulturist, nursery operator/worker or environmental manager. A unique in-depth course for skills...
Learn about growing conifers and be an expert - understand more about how conifers are classified, how to identify the different species and their individual cu...
Learn about eucalyptus: their identification, culture (propagation, soils, feeding landscape and other uses). Great in-depth course for landscapers, garden des...
Learn all about ferns! Understand how to identify, propagate and grow ferns. A course for nurserymen, gardeners, landscapers and other horticultural professiona...
Learn to identify and grow a wide variety of shrubs and extend your knowledge. This is in depth horticulture course can extend your work opportunities - for hor...
Study fuchsias - learn everything you wanted to know about hundreds of species, cultivars and hybrids as well as how to propagate and care for them. For a nurse...
Learn how to identify, grow and use annual plants. A useful course for passionate home gardeners, professional horticulturists, cut flower growers. Annuals are ...
Study camellias online. Japonicas, sasanquas, reticulatas and their special characteristics, and culture. Also covers soils, feeding, watering, pruning, plantin...
Study carnations - a serious online course equally valuable to the home enthusiast or the commercial cut flower grower. Covers Dianthus species, cultivars and h...
Grevilleas are an interesting genera of Australian native plants in the Proteaceaa family. Learn how to identify, propagate, grow and use beautiful, diverse Gre...
Learn all about growing iris for cut flowers, grow as garden or container plants -Become an Irise Expert -for work, career, business or just a passion.
Learn to grow indoor/house plants - extend your knowledge, indulge a passion or increase commercial opportunities. Learn to identify and choose the best plant c...
Learn to identify and grow a wide range of orchids including Cattleya, Dendrobium, Cymbidium, Phalaenopsis, Vanda. Online orchid course with 100 hours of self p...
Grow palms and cycads expertly. Learn to distinguish the different types of palms and cycads through their characteristics and how to grow and care for them wit...
Study Geraniums and Pelargoniums at home. A course designed for the enthusiast, the nursery operator, plant breeder, collector, or anyone else who has a passion...
Learn to grow perennial plants and master perennial planting - know how to propagate, grow, care for and select the best cultivars for gardens and garden design...
Learn to identify, propagate and cultivate proteas and some of their relatives - as garden plants or cut flowers. For passionate gardeners or professional horti...
Identify, propagate, grow lots of different roses - run a rose farm, rose nursery or create rose gardens. Everything about roses in one course - for the rose en...
Learn all you need to know about tropical plants - identification, cultural practices, soils, nutrition, pruning and more with this 100 hour course tutored by e...
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