Herb Courses
Courses in Herbs: Herbs have many uses, such as for medicinal purposes, cooking and even provide the scent for your perfumes and shampoo’s! Our horticultural courses in herbs help you understand the basics and more complex nature of the hundreds of herbs that can be found throughout the world. From culinary herbs to herb culture, we have a range of courses to suit you.
Master the basics in aromatherapy! A great course for anyone wishing to learn more about the safe use of aromatherapy essential oils for healing and relaxation. This course provides an introduction to the safe use of Aromatherapy oils. Course Structure for Aromatherapy VHT104 Aims of Aromatherapy VHT104 Understand the classification system used for naming plants […]
Master the art of growing and using herbs. Learn how to identify and successfully grow dozens of common and uncommon edible herbs. Develop your skills and experience the delights of cooking adventurous new recipes with herbs. Learn drying and other methods of preserving the flavour (eg. herb oils, salts, vinegars). Eight lessons as follows cover […]
Enhance your management skills in crop production. This course covers both the skills required to manage a horticultural farm (eg. Market Garden, Orchard), and also to developing knowledge in the identification, growing, processing and marketing crops and crop related products. This course involves six (6) units. Course Structure for Diploma In Herbs VHT014 Order Diploma […]
Learn to successfully cultivate herbs. Develop a solid grounding in herb growing and the herb industry. 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 […]
Develop a solid grounding in herb growing and the herb industry. 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 […]
Become an expert in growing lavender! Lavender has been a popular cultivated plant for many centuries and is perhaps the most common, and certainly one of the most versatile herbs you could ever consider growing. It can be grown as a shrub, a tub plant or a hedge; keep it cut low or let it […]
Build skills for identifying, understanding and administering medicinal herbs. Learn the basics of how to identify and correctly administer herbs for medicinal purposes. Many plants or plant combinations are poisonous. For this reason, it is essential that before using an herb, you are able to POSITIVELY identify it. This course provides an excellent foundation for […]
A thorough approach to growing and using scented plants Learn to identify, grow (propagation and culture), and use different types of scented plants. You will find out how to harvest and dry scented plants, and through practical assignments actually make a whole range of exciting herb crafts (e.g. pot pourri, soaps, candles). Learn also how […]