Herbs Courses

Learn to manage a herb business (eg. farms, nurseries, herb craft/product supplies - dried or fresh produce, oils and essences, crafts, medicines).

Develops skills needed to manage a herb business, and knowledge about identification, growing, processing and marketing herbs and herb products. The 900 hr course also devotes a considerable amount of time to "getting to know" the industry, its current state and its future potential areas of opportunity.

 This course has 7 modules comprising 4 core modules (concentrating on business and business management) and 3 stream units which concentrate on herbs and industry training.

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Herb farming, herb garden design, uses of herbs, herb farm management, marketing and value adding are just some of the aspects of herb growing covered in this course.

This course has been operating for years and is designed for people who are involved, or wanting to become involved in the business of herbs. It covers less horticulture and focused more strongly on herbs than the Certificate in Horticulture -Herbs. This course is more appropriate for the small business operator who not only grows herbs but also harvests and value adds (eg. perhaps producing herb products).

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The Certificate in Horticulture (herbs) covers the basics of horticulture in the first half of the course and moves on to herb growing in the second half. This allows you to extend your prospects - the general horticulture knowledge gained gives you greater work opportunities in the various horticulture industry sectors. This is an excellent backstop to gain experience or extra income whilst you set up your herb business.

This is a course designed for people involved, or wishing to become involved in the business of herbs. it involves 50% study of general horticulture, and 50% study of herbs and herb production. There are numerous opportunities in such things as herb nurseries, craft businesses, commercial herb farms and processing businesses which produce various types of herb products.

This certificate is designed to provide you with a broad background to run a business or work for someone else in any of these areas.

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There is more to Lavender than meets the eye and here we begin with the basis of all good Horticulture; soils and plant nutrition, plant genus and species. We look at lavender growing habits, propagation, pest and diseases and the myriad of uses this fantastic plant has.

This course has Ten lessons for the lavender enthusiast, or anyone interested in starting commercial lavender production.

A course for people working or intending to work in the herb industry.

This course develops a solid grounding in herb growing and the herb industry. An average student will take around 100 hrs. Half of the course deals with general herb culture, including identification, soils, mulching, feeding, watering, propagation, pest & disease control, harvest, storage, processing, companion planting, nursery management and herb farming. The remainder of the course involves detailed studies of major groups of herbs such as: mints, thymes, lavenders, scented geraniums, garlic, roses, artemisias and parsley.

Comments from Students in Herb Culture
Thanks ACS, studying with you has been truly rewarding, because of your understanding, helpfulness and devotion to all students. I will certainly use the chance to study again with you! (Lerni)

(The course) has helped me achieve a 'greener' thumb. I now have lots more success with my garden. Beforehand, my thumb was the furthest from 'green' you could get! (Janice)

For the amateur gardener -broaden your knowledge and discover new ways of growing and using herbs at home. You wil also learn about the foundation of all Horticulture knowledge; soils, plant genus & species, composting and plant culture.

A broad based six lesson course for beginners to herb growing, covering the history of herb use, herb culture, and identification of the major herbs. This course involves about 100 hours of study with an emphasis on growing and using herbs as a hobby. Thirty different herbs are studied in detail and a systematic method of identifying herbs is emphasised.

Learn the basics of how to identify and correctly administer herbs for medicinal purposes.

This is a useful first step toward undrestanding the nature and scope of medicinal applications for herbs. It is intended as a foundation course for people who grow medicinal herbs, or perhaps work with medicinal herbs in some other capacity (as an amateur or professional), but as a single module, it should be recognised this is only a first step toward understanding medicinal herbs.