Short 20 hour courses across a wide variety of different horticultural topics.
Learn to keep bees, improve plant pollination and at the same time increase food plant production, produce honey, honeycomb, and other bee products.
Learn budding and grafting techniques to propagate different plants. Learn what plant varieties should be propagated this way and why.
Learn how to choose the right garden elements to improve the design of your garden.
Learn to work with cement and concrete. Self paced, 20 hour, online course.
Learn about popular garden themes and how to create them.
Learn to design a garden - formal or informal, courtyard or large property. Create a functional, attractive landscape that meets any criteria.
Learn online to plan, install and manage drainage and undertake other work to prevent or reduce flooding.
Learn earthworks for land management, construction, engineering and more.
Ecotherapy short course, study nature-based therapy, at home by Distance Education
Learn to grow fruits and vegetables: greens, root vegetables, tomatoes and capsicums to apples, citrus, berries and mushrooms. Home grown.
Online Gardening Course - a great starting point for all gardeners
Learn how to grow citrus fruit. Study different species and varieties of citrus, their culture, fruit production and use.
This course covers sustainable concepts, soils, water management, pest and disease control, sustainable weed control and cultivation, farm management, growing a...
Learn about managing lots of different types of plants in different indoor environments: plant selection, maintenance and indoor "landscaping".
Land Management short course - professional development for farmers, environmental managers, gardeners and others.
Learn online to manage a garden business - lawn care, tree work, garden maintenance, landscaping or anything else.
This course discusses about different management aspects required to run a profitable plant nursery.
Learn to grow many of the commonly grown medicinal herbs. Understand the chemistry and medicinal applications better with this correspondence course.
Learn about hydroponic and tissue culture nutrient management - study how to make and manage nutrient solutions.Learn how to manage plant nutrition in an artif...
A starter course for anyone interested in permaculture. Learn permaculture design fundamentals and techniques and how to apply them in a small garden.
Learn to identify and control health problems, pests and diseases, in plants: fungal, bacterial, virus, insect, nematode and other problems.
Learn how to manage plants in wholesale nurseries and garden centres.
Learn why plants are named scientifically and to identify distinguishing botanical features making plant identification much easier.
Improve your knowledge of plant selection so you can make better choices of what to plant where as a landscaper or gardener.
Learn How to Prune Plants. Become a "certified" pruner. Learn to prune roses, grapes, trees, shrubs, bonsai, hedges, topiary and more with this online course.
Learn to work in a garden centre - improve your sales skills
Learn everything you need to know about sheep breeds in this online course. Enrol and start learning immediately. This course covers 199 different breeds and mu...
Learn how to use herbs -for culinary, medicinal, craft, garden, cosmetic and other purposes. A 20 hour self paced online course, leading to a certificate on pas...
Learn to create vertical gardens and farms - small or large - to grow crops or decorative plants in small spaces
Learn to Work with Wood and Carpentry Tools
Sue Bampton studied a Certificate in Horticulture with ACS in the 1990's and built a very successful career and landscape business on what she learned. She says that without the studies and flexibility offered to her in the 90's, she probably wouldn't be a horticulturist today. Listen to her interview:https://vimeo.com/showcase/5862621/video/322114426
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