A great course for anyone interested in growing lavender for hobby or commercial reasons.

This course is aimed at those you are looking to start their own lavender farm but also equally interesting to the enthusiast. These lessons will equip you with the knowledge to start a new venture.
Learn about soils and plant nutrition, growing new varieties of Lavender, methods for commercial production and marketing your products.

Course Aims:

• Describe the plant naming system and classification of plants
• Discuss the nature and scope of the Lavender genus.
• Describe the nutritional requirements of the lavender species.
• Explain the cultural requirements of the lavender species.
• Explain propagating techniques specific to lavender
• Describe commercial lavender growing operations.
• Select species appropriate to the climatic and soil conditions of a chosen locality.
• Describe of a variety of lavender species and cultivars.
• Describe the production processes on a lavender farm.
• Describe various lavender products and discuss the way in which they are processed.
• Explain the processes used in the marketing of lavender products.

There are 10 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction
2. Soils, Fertilisers and Nutrition for Lavender
3. Cultural Techniques for Lavender Growing
4. Lavender Propagation
5. Commercial Alternatives
6. Plant Variety Selection and Breeding
7. Building Plant Knowledge
8. Harvesting, Postharvest Treatment and Storage
9. Processing and Making Lavender Products
10. Marketing Lavender Produce