Advanced Garden Workers Training Course

• To establish a good understanding of the basic horticultural principles to be used in good gardening techniques.

• A clear understanding of how plants function i.e. roots, stems, leaves and seeds for propagation.

• A practical understanding of the soil types in your garden.

• Understanding the major plant nutrients and how they affect your garden.

• A clear understanding of the role that insects play in our gardens.

• Practical tips for developing easy and effective maintenance procedures – yours and clients gardens.

• Practical plant propagation principles. 

CONTENTS

DAY ONE

SESSION ONE

1.1.       Welcome

1.1.1.    Introduction 

1.1.2.    Explanation of day’s proceedings, length of sessions etc.

1.2        Introduction

1.2.1     Course objectives

1.2.2.    Horticultural overview

1.3How plants work

1.3.1     Roots

1.3.2     Stems

MORNING TEA

SESSION TWO

1.4         Leaves

1.5         Flowers

1.6         Seeds

LUNCH

SESSION THREE

1.7         Propagation methods using the above

END OF DAY ONE

DAY TWO

SESSION ONE

1.8         Garden Soils

1.9         Compost making

1. Sands, Clays and Loams

MORNING TEA

SESSION TWO

1. Improve your Soils
2. How to make and use compost.

LUNCH

SESSION THREE

1. Fertilizers

5.1         Understanding fertilizer formulas

5.2         The Big 3

5.3         Fertilizer types

5.4         Synthetic or Organic what we use

END OF DAY TWO

DAY THREE

SESSION ONE

1. Pest Diseases and Treatments

6.1         The integrated pest management system

6.2         Protecting your plants

MORNING TEA

SESSION TWO

6.3         Common garden pest 

6.4         The Gardener’s Allies

6.5         Garden Diseases

LUNCH

SESSION THREE

1. What is a weed
2. Why AIS’s are a problem?
3. Why go indigenous?

END OF DAY THREE