Garden Maintenance

There are 10 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction
   • Planning and managing a garden. Instructs how to develop a sensible maintenance program for any garden big or small.
2. Garden Furnishings and Machinery.
   • Develops an understanding of power tools used for maintaining a garden and also furnishings.
3. Feeding Plants
   • Details areas involving plant care, Improving soils,Cation exchange & pH , Plant Nutrition
4. Weed Control
   • This lesson goes through weed control methods, common groups of weeds and options for treating and recognising different weed varieties.
5. Weedicides
   • Types of chemicals found in weedicides and suitable weedicides, which would control the weed.
6. Natural Pest Control.
   • Goes through advantages and disadvantages of chemical and non- chemical pest control.Goes through natural controlling methods for pest and diseases.Teaches how to identify and solve specific problems
7. Chemical Pest Control
   • Advises on safety procedures when using agricultural chemicals, specific chemical treatments and a summary of pesticides.
8. Turf Management
   • Develops an understanding of turf varieties, appropriate turf for specific areas, low and high maintenance turf.
9. Irrigation
   • Details on Irrigation, appropriate Irrigation systems and watering for plants
10. Maintenance of Plants
    • Overall areas to consider when dealing with plant care, maintenance of a complete garden area.

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

• Evaluate the maintenance needs and develop a plan for maintaining a garden.
• Select and maintain tools and equipment appropriately for use in garden maintenance.
• Describe maintenance requirements for garden structures such as furniture, gates and fencing.
• Maintain appropriate nutrition requirements for healthy plant growth.
• Control weeds in a garden.
• Use weedicides in a safe and effective way.
• Control pests using non chemical methods.
• Use chemical pesticides safely and efficiently.
• Maintain lawns in a healthy and well maintained condition.
• Describe options for managing water in a garden.
• Determine actions that should be taken to maintain a variety of different plants.