Distance Learning – Home Study. Learn to plant and care for trees in degraded landscapes. This course builds an understanding of environmental systems and the rehabilitation of degraded landscapes. Learn about seed collection, storage and germination, propagation, plant selection, establishment techniques, controlling pest & disease after planting. Course Structure for Trees For Rehabilitation BHT205 Aims [...]

Learn to plant and care for trees in degraded landscapes. This horticulture course builds an understanding of environmental systems and the rehabilitation of degraded landscapes. Learn about seed collection, storage and germination, propagation, plant selection, establishment techniques, controlling pest & disease after planting. Course Structure for Trees For Rehabilitation BHT205 Aims for Trees For Rehabilitation [...]

Produce optimum turf! A comprehensive introduction to the identification, selection, culture and management of turf for commercial, recreational or home use. Taking approximately 100 hours to complete it is suitable as a basic course for people working with turf, such as on a golf course or bowling green, or for keen amateurs who wish to [...]

Learn to diagnose and treat problems in turf. A course specifically designed for people working with turf, as in golf courses, specialized gardeners and garden technicians, turf nurseries’ personnel, and for every gardener that has extense or delicate turf areas to care for. Course Structure for Turf Repair And Renovation BHT303 Aims for Turf Repair [...]

Learn to grow nuts in tropical and sub-tropical areas. The content of this course is very similar to the “Growing Nuts” course, except this deals exclusively with nuts grown in the tropics and sub-tropics. Course Structure for Warm Climate Nuts BHT308 Aims of  Warm Climate Nuts BHT308 This course is for the curious grower who [...]

Learn to design and manage water gardens. Develop your skills in designing, constructing and maintaining a variety of different types of water gardens. Course Structure for Water Gardening BHT307 Aims of  Water Gardening BHT307 Understand the nature and scope of water gardens Identify and describe generic construction materials and techniques suitable for water gardens and [...]

Become skilled in weed management. Learn to identify and effectively control more than 100 weeds, to design management strategies and programs and apply control techniques efficiently and safely. Here, you learn about both chemical and non-chemical control methods (mulching, burning, mowing), the use of spray equipment and safety procedures which should be followed. Course Structure [...]

Learn to produce great plants in a commercially successful way. Managing a production nursery involves more than just propagating and potting up plants. Even the small nursery must be able to not only produce plants, but do it at a pre determined cost, then sustain those plants before and during marketing. The nursery industry currently [...]