Get those fingers green with today's down-and-dirty course deal...
We’re offering you an online garden design and maintenance diploma course for just €19, saving you 94% off New Skills Academy's price of €340.16 (converted using xe.com; correct as of 29.6.17).
Fancy exploring a career which gets you outside and doing something that you love? If gardening is your passion, this course is here to guide you through what you need to know to plant the seed of a potential career in the gardening industry! Through 29 modules, you'll cover everything from different garden design styles, plant knowledge, and even marketing your business! You'll have lifetime access to this course which works across all major browsers and devices, with a certificate being awarded upon completion. For an added incentive, when you enroll with New Skills Academy you'll also be eligible for an NUS discount card. Check out the modules and see if this course is what you need to let your career prospects grow!
Modules
- Gardening basics
- Garden design process
- Garden design styles
- Survey, site appraisal and measuring techniques
- Planning your projects
- Proportion illusions and effective use of space
- Drawing a plan and graphics skills
- Surface and materials / hard landscaping
- Secrets of great soil
- Plant selection and care
- Plant knowledge
- Low maintenance gardens/planting
- Sustainability
- Garden maintenance
- Equipment
- Pest control
- Solutions to difficult gardens
- Vegetable and herb gardens
- Running your own gardening business
- Marketing and social media
- Health and safety
- Insurance, tax, VAT and record keeping
- How to build raised flower beds
- How to lay a patio
- Decking
- How to put up garden fencing
- How to turf a garden/lay a lawn
- How to lay artificial grass areas
- How to build a garden pond
