Horticulture sustains and enriches our lives. It grows the foods we eat, improves the air we breathe, provides us with beautiful green spaces to enjoy, is essential for biodiversity and habitats and improves mental health and wellbeing (apart from the days when you find your lettuces covered in slugs!).
This collection of courses introduces you to a wide range of topics including propagation, cultivation, design and plant biology which will improve your gardening skill and understanding of how plants grow. It will also prepare you for further study in horticulture if you are interested in taking your learning further.
These courses were developed by the Horticulture department at UHI Argyll.
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Bkrmadtya Karki under Public domain license
Plant biology
In this course you will learn about basic botany; how plants are grouped and classified; and so much more.
Course
10 hrs
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Albrecht Fietz from Pixabay under Public domain license
Garden and planting design
This course will enable you to learn a wide variety of skills for designing your own garden.
Course
15 hrs
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laminaria-vest from Pixabay under Public domain license
Plant propagation
In this course you will learn how to propagate a wide range of plants in your garden by many different techniques.
Course
20 hrs