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Complete Gardening |
| Summary: |
Establish and maintain a well-stocked garden, growing both flowering plants and vegetables. Learn about trees and shrubs, as well as decorative features such as rock and water gardens. |
| Description: |
If you have a green thumb and would like have the theoretical foundations you need to really see your talents grow, then the ICS Complete Gardening Course is ideally suited to your needs. After completing the course you will be able to establish and maintain a well-stocked garden, growing both flowering plants and vegetables. You will also learn about trees and shrubs, as well as decorative features such as rock and water gardens. In short, everything you need to know to turn your neighbours green with envy.
All ICS courses are carefully designed to enhance your life - not put it on hold. Our Complete Gardening Course has been specifically tailored by gardening professionals so that you can fit your studies into your own schedule, and not the other way around.
Another important advantage is that by breaking the material down into logical sections, the tutors have ensured that you will be in a position to apply your new skills as you learn, so that you – and your garden - can start feeling a positive impact from the outset of the course.
Some key benefits of this course are: |
| Key Benefits: |
Some key benefits of this course are:
· Modular approach designed to help you implement skills as you acquire them
· TWO FREE textbooks: The Garden Expert and Garden Chemicals Guide.
· A detailed glossary of terms
· Study supplements developed by professional gardeners
· Flexible access to your tutors who support you every step of the way |
| Topics: |
The course consists of 6 study units covering the following key areas:
ICS Complete Gardening Course Course
Unit 1 Soil and Manures Unit 2 Ornamental Gardening Unit 3 The Flower Garden
· Composition of the soil · Essential food substances · Lime· Soils Under Glass · Garden design· Propagation· Hedges· Groundcover plants· The rock garden· The water garden· Wildflower gardening· The lawn· Pot plants· Chrysanthemums · Ornamental trees· Conifers· Shrubs · Roses· Climbers· Annuals and biennials· Herbaceous perennials· Ornamental grasses· Bulbs corms and rhizomes
Unit 4 Vegetable Growing Unit 5 Fruit Growing A Unit 6 Fruit Growing B
· Planning and preparation · Propagation· Growing methods· Management of growing crop· Harvest and storage· Family Apiaceae· Family Brassicaceae· Family Solanaceae· Family Alliaceae· Family Asteraceae· Other salad crops· Family Papilionaceae· Family Chenopodiaceae· Family Cucurbitaceae· Family Asparagaceae· Family Asteraceae· Family Polygonaceae· Protected cropping – glasshouses· Glasshouse crops· Frames· Cloches· Polythene tunnels · Site· Soils· General principles· Practical work· Rootstocks· Tree Forms· Pollination· Planting· Pruning· Apples· Pears· Plums· Cherries· Peaches · Strawberries· Raspberries· Blackcurrants and hybrid berries· Blackcurrants· Redcurrants and whitecurrants· Gooseberries· Blueberries· Figs· Grapes· Peaches and nectarines |
| Requirements: |
None |
| Careers in the Field: |
The ICS Complete Gardening Course has been primarily designed to help aspiring gardeners acquire the key skills used by professionals, without being a specifically vocational training as such. But, it won’t surprise us in the least if, having successfully completed this course, you went on to consider a career in this field.
However, if you are currently thinking of moving into the horticultural field professionally, then you may find that our ICS-Royal Horticultual Society Exam (=hyperlink) course is more ideally suited to your immediate needs.
Whichever course you choose, the ICS Gardening courses are the most flexible and cost-effective way of gaining the knowledge you need to excel as a gardener |
| Qualification: |
ICS Diploma |
| Hours of Study: |
130 |
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