Garden Maintenance - Endorsed Certificate Course (Training Qualifications UK)
Distance learning based course with study materials, tutor support and final exam included.
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Garden Maintenance Online Course. 100 Hours Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK).
Study from home to become expert at maintaining gardens, either professionally or for your own piece of heaven via distance learning!
Maintain a garden in perfect condition with this long-established course developed by professionals in the gardening industry. This course will help you to save time and resources at the same time as maintaining gardens and even parks to a high standard.
Over 10 comprehensive lessons, you will acquire skills in maintaining tools and ornamental furniture, dealing with garden weeds, garden pests and garden disease, correct plant nutrition, lawn and turf management, irrigation and plant management like pruning. You will also learn to efficiently survey gardens and parks and use the information to write a regular garden maintenance program.
This course will help you if you want to start a self-employed garden maintenance business, own a small, medium or large gardening service and need staff to be trained properly in garden maintenance techniques, or if you are a keen amateur gardener aspiring to have the "perfect garden".
Benefits of an ADL Endorsed Course?
Endorsed courses are skills based. They have been evaluated and approved by an independent awarding body such as Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).
What makes ADL’s Endorsed courses different?
- Flexible Self-Paced Learning– adjust your learning around your home and work commitments
- Start and Finish at any time
- Courses globally and industry relevant
- Practical Component at the end of most lessons.
Allocated your own tutor relevant to your subject. You can have as little or as much contact as you like with your tutor. They are there to support you all the way through.
This course is endorsed by TQUK -Training Qualifications UK, an OFQUAL awarding body.
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Lesson Structure:
1 Introduction - Planning and managing a garden
- The Cost of Garden Maintenance
- The Cost of Winter Maintenance
- What Costs?
- What happens if you don’t maintain a garden?
- Expensive Areas in a Garden
- Less Expensive Areas
- Planning
- Checklists for Gardening: General Garden Maintenance, Garden Beds and Lawns, Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Analysis of Parks Maintenance
- Major Areas of Parks Maintenance Work
- Departmental Organisation and Staffing in Parks
- Standard Areas of Responsibility
- Grey Areas of Responsibility
- Building a Staff Organisation
2 Garden Furnishings and Machinery
- Tools
- The Right Tool for the Job
- Garden Maintenance
- Broad Overview of Machinery for Parks Maintenance
- Irrigation
- Other Maintenance Tools
- Looking After Tools
- Power Tools: Engine Troubleshooting
- Outdoor Furniture
- Protecting Outdoor Furniture
- Paints, Stains and Preservatives
- Painting Your Outdoor Furniture at a Glance
3 Feeding Plants
- Introduction
- Symptoms and Diagnosis
- How to Conduct an Inspection
- Soil Physical Characteristics
- Identifying Soil Types
- Soil Chemical Characteristics
- Cation Exchange Capacity
- Buffering Capacity
- Plant Nutrition
- Nutrient Elements
- Choosing the Right Fertiliser
- Diagnosing Nutritional Problems
- Improving Soils
4 Weed Control
- Weeds: Weed Control Techniques
- Identifying Weeds
- Weed Encyclopaedia
5 Weedicides
- How Weeds are Spread
- Herbicides
- Law in Relation to Chemical Use
- Regulations
- Types of Herbicide Chemicals
- Poisonous Plants
- Environmental Weeds
- Noxious Weeds
- Weed Control For Specific Areas
6 Natural Pest Control
- Natural Pest and Disease Control
- Cultural Control
- Mechanical Control
- Physical Controls
- Methods for Controlling Certain Insect Pests
- Beneficial Plants
- Other Reported Beneficial Plants With Pesticide Qualities
- Companion Planting
- Companion Planting Chart
- Common Environmental Problems: Drainage Problems, Frost, Hail, Shade, Temperature, Wind
- Deterring Cats, Dogs, Mice, Rats etc
- Tolerance Levels
- Biological Controls
- Natural Sprays
- General Ways of Protecting Plants
- Wind-Breaks
- Mulching
7 Chemical Pest Control
- Chemical Treatments
- Integrated Pest Management
- Ways of Applying Chemicals
- Safety Procedures When Using Chemicals
- Understanding Chemical Pesticides Before Use
- Summary of Pesticides
- Commonly Used Pesticides
- Fungicides
- Pests
- Diseases
- Viruses
8 Turf Management
- Common Turf Problems
- Establishing and Maintaining Lawns and Grassed Areas
- Lawn Mixes
- What to Grow Where
- Lawn/Turf Establishment
- Soil Preparation
- Seeding
- Instant Turf
- Stolonising
- Sprigging
- Plugging
- Mowing Lawns
- Lawn Mowers
- Mowing Guidelines
- Mowing Heights
- Fertilising Turf
- How to Aerate, Scarify, Top Dress and Fertilise a Lawn
- How to Repair Turf
- Golden Rules for Laying Instant Turf
- Turf Varieties in Parks and Maintenance
- Conclusion
9 Irrigation
- Water and Plant Growth
- Soil Water
- Irrigation
- Planning an Irrigation System
- How to Use a Watering System
- Slippery Slime Control
10 Maintenance of Plants
- Pruning
- Pruning Evergreens
- General Pruning Techniques For Ornamental Flowering Shrubs and Trees
- Winter Pruning
- Pruning Fruit Trees
- Pruning Lemon Trees
- Pruning Perennials
- Pruning Roses
- Pruning Tools
- Environmental Influences on Plants
- Physical Plant Protection Methods
- Drainage
N.B. Each lesson is followed by a self-assessment test, set task or tasks which could include: further research, networking, plus looking at the advantages and disadvantages of a particular subject and finally written assignments. The final written assignment is marked and graded by your personally assigned mentor and sent back with helpful comments and suggestions.
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the Academy, marked by the Academy's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Who is this course for?
Gardening Enthusiasts, Home Gardeners, Landscapers, Garden Designers
Requirements
A pc or laptop with internet connection
Career path
This course will help you if you want to start a self-employed garden maintenance business, own a small, medium or large gardening service and need staff to be trained properly in garden maintenance techniques, or if you are a keen amateur gardener aspiring to have the "perfect garden".
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