This course gives you all the information you need to start a garden in an urban area. By the end, you’ll be ready to create a garden from scratch and know how to maintain and expand it year after year.
It covers everything from choosing a location for your urban garden to collecting seeds for the following year, so you understand what creating an urban garden entails and how to care for it.
The course is online, so you can study the material whenever it suits your schedule, alongside work commitments. You can access the material from a computer or any mobile device with internet access, with online support available 24/7. On completion, you will receive a course certificate, which you can download at home or have posted to you for a fee.
What you will learn:
- A history of urban gardening
- Choosing the right location for your urban garden
- Determining how much sun your garden gets
- The tools and supplies you need
- Understanding plant hardiness
- The difference between annuals and perennials
- Creating a budget for your garden
- Appropriate plants for urban gardens
- Preparing the soil
- Crop rotation
- Watering and fertilising
- Tackling weeds, pests and disease
- How to transplant plants
- Creating compost
- Preserving fruits and vegetables
- Drying flowers and collecting seeds
Course content
5 modules · 8 hours of learning, each with a recap test.
- Module 1: Introduction to Urban Gardens
- Module 2: Choosing Plants for Your Urban Garden
- Module 3: Planting and Maintaining an Urban Garden
- Module 4: Caring for and Getting More Out of an Urban Garden
- Module 5: Beyond the Urban Garden
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