Understanding our plants and how their relationship to their location, growing practices and the environment is an area which brings huge joy to horticulturalists, gardeners and botanists, whether they are growing plants for personal or commercial use. This course has been designed to give you a good introduction to many of the principles of good […]

Achieve excellence in your garden centre.! Designed in 1986, in conjunction with the state garden department manager of a major retail chain store; this course has been very successful in training both staff and managers of retail nurseries and garden centres across Australia and beyond. It was thoroughly updated recently by horticultural professionals in both […]

Become expert at maintaining your garden! Maintain a garden in perfect conditions in the most efficient way! Save time and resources and have the most beautiful garden nonetheless. Over ten lessons, you learn how to effectively maintain a garden while reducing the amount of time, labour and costs involved. A course for garden horticulturalists, gardeners […]

NEW. Garden History will enlighten you, and vastly expand the scope of possibilities you have before you as a modern garden designer. Learn about the history of our great gardens and gardeners. Study the history of gardens and understand how gardens have evolved over the centuries, and broaden your perspective on what is possible and […]

Become an expert at designing bush gardens. After developing an understanding of the workings of natural environments you learn to create innovative plans for low maintenance bush gardens. This course develops your ability to design a bush garden (totally native, or using a mixture of both indigenous and other plants). Course Structure for Natural Garden […]

NEW. Garden History will enlighten you, and vastly expand the scope of possibilities you have before you as a modern garden designer. Learn about the history of our great gardens and gardeners. Study the history of gardens and understand how gardens have evolved over the centuries, and broaden your perspective on what is possible and […]

Design beautiful cottage gardens.Learn what a cottage garden is, and how to apply the principles of this concept to garden design and garden renovation. Course Structure for Cottage Garden Design BHT110 Aims of Cottage Garden Design BHT110 Explain the concept of a cottage garden Prepare concept plans for cottage gardens Prepare planting designs for cottage […]

Create your ideal garden! Become the gardening expert of your family with this comprehensive home gardening course. This course contains hundreds of pages of notes, hundreds of photos and illustrations, and (for the online & CD version) large numbers of automated self assessment tests. Eight units each comprising 2 or 3 lessons. Each lesson involves […]