Garden Workers Training Course

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

• Simple and effective teaching and training in basic garden care and maintenance.
• To introduce a positive sense of purpose in the garden by creating an understanding of concepts to be applied.
• To present basic gardening concepts with clear explanations and provide helpful hints and tips for effective gardening.
• To meet other gardeners and to participate in a programme which is fun, interesting and above all educational and practical for application in the garden environment.

Contents

1. SESSION ONE

1.1.  WELCOME

1.2.  INTRODUCTION

1.3.  WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE GARDENS?

1.4.  WHAT ARE THE MAIN ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP A GARDEN?

1.5.   WHAT MAKES A GARDEN LOOK BEAUTIFUL?

1.6.   SLIDES

1.7.   BASIC CONCEPTS OF DESIGN AND PRINCIPLES

1.7.SLIDES

2. SESSION TWO

2.1. SOIL

2.2. IMPLEMENTATION

2.3. PLANNING

2.4. SITE PREPARATION

2.5. TREE AND SHRUB – PLANTING PROCEDURE

2.6.STAKING TREES

2.7.SLIDES

3. SESSION THREE

3.1. PLANTING GROUNDCOVERS

3.2. PLANT CUTTING

3.3. TRANSPLANTING

3.4. SIMPLE GARDEN FEATURES AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION:   

4. SESSION FOUR

4.1. MAINTENANCE

4.2. GARDEN EQUIPMENT

4.3. REGULAR MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES

4.4.TYPICAL DAILY ROUTINE FOR THE GARDEN

4.5.EXERCISE

4.6.WEEDING

4.7  SLIDES

4.8  TURNING THE SOIL

MORNING TEA

5. SESSION FIVE

5.1. CUTTING BACK AND PRUNING

5.2. IRRIGATION / WATERING

5.3. COMPOSTING

5.4. PESTS AND PESTICIDES

5.5. SAFETY IN THE GARDEN

5.6. WATERWISE GARDENING

6. SESSION SIX

6.1.  INDIGENOUS AND EXOTIC PLANTS

6.2. BASIC PLANTING COMBINATIONS

6.3. SLIDES

6.4. PLANT LIST

6.5. CLOSURE

6.6. ASSESSMENTS

7.1. PRUNING DEMONSTRATION

7.2   CUTTINGS DEMONSTRATION

7.3   PLANT COMBINATIONS DEMONSTRATION

7.4 GROUP ACTIVITY – DESIGN AND MAINTAIN A GARDEN - PRESENTATION