Create Your Dream Garden

Calling all gardening enthusiasts! If you want to develop the skills to create the garden you have always dreamed of, Careerline’s online Home Gardening course is designed for you.

Whether you are an experienced gardener or a beginner with a genuine passion for plants, this course will help you achieve your gardening goals. Whether you hope to upskill, become a more skilled hobbyist, or get a head start on future studies, studying with Careerline will have a positive impact on your future. This online home garden expert course will help you to deepen your understanding of plant care, lawn and garden maintenance, and propagation. Your new skills will help you feel prepared as you design, plant, and care for your dream garden.

What will you learn?

The Home Garden Expert course is ideal for home gardeners who want to become gurus. As an online home gardening student, you will learn about plant identification and culture, including the common and scientific names of plants, pruning, mulching, and seasonal gardening. Further, you will study soil texture and structure, as well as the skill of keeping plants healthy through nutrition. You will become aware of the symptoms of common pests, weeds, and diseases, and learn how to prevent and control them.

This course will also teach you how to landscape effectively using native and introduced plants, hedges, and colour. You will study the art of propagation, including growing from seeds and cuttings. Home Garden Expert students will also learn how to design, maintain, and renovate lawns, and how to choose an appropriate turf type. Finally, you will develop the skills needed to grow plants indoors, and to grow edible crops to use in your kitchen.

Who is this online Home Gardening course for?

This course is for gardeners of any experience level or ability who want to improve their skills. You will be able to apply your newfound knowledge to either your hobby or your career. The course is primarily for home and hobby gardeners, but is also suitable for landscapers, nursery retail employees, and garden designers who want to upskill.

This online home gardening course is also ideal for anyone interested in pursuing further study in garden design, landscaping, plant science, horticulture, or nutrition.

Course Aims:

• Identify plant health problems and know treatments.
• Know the plant naming system and how plants are classified.
• Understand the effect of soil structure and texture on plant growth.
• Understand plant terminology and planting methods.
• Understand plant pruning requirements and methods
• Know plant nutrition requirements
• Understand soil conditions and when they require improvement.
• Recognise a range of pests and diseases and the methods of control.
• Recognise a range of weeds and know various control methods.
• Know a range of garden styles and the history behind them.
• Have knowledge of landscape construction techniques.
• Understand the elements and processes of landscape design.
• Understand various propagating techniques
• Propagate plants by various methods
• Understand the soil preparation and requirements to establish or renovate a lawn
• Know lawn maintenance requirements.
• Understand requirements, including environmental and nutritional aspects of growing plants indoors (including hydroponics and greenhouses).
• Know how to select plants suited to growth indoors
• Develop knowledge of vegetable growing procedures and requirements.
• Have knowledge of a range of fruits and berries suited to the home garden
• Have knowledge of a range of commonly grown herbs and flowers

There are 8 lessons in this course:

1. Basic Plant Identification & Culture
2. Soils & Nutrition
3. Pests & Weeds
4. Landscaping
5. Propagation
6. Lawns
7. Indoor Gardening
8. The Kitchen Garden

When you have completed the lessons of your Certificate course, you will be given the option of taking the optional exam. It’s okay if you don’t want the exam, we still issue your Careerline Certificate. For Advanced Certificates however, the exam is compulsory (per module) and are included in the course fee.