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Choosing Garden Elements

Course CodeSGH16
Fee CodeSG
Duration (approx)20 hours
QualificationCertificate of Completion

Factors to consider when choosing garden elements:

  • Function
  • Aesthetics
  • Safety 
  • Maintenance

In this short course you will learn what and how different elements will lift your garden, to make it more interesting and more attractive

Lesson Structure

There are 5 lessons in this course:

  1. SURFACING IDEAS
    • Soft materials
    • Hard surfaces
    • Segmented or modular paving
    • Unsegmented or continuous paving
    • Coloured pebbles & gravel
    • Why pave an area?
    • Where to pave & how much
    • Choosing the right paving
    • Some golden rules
    • Creating special effects with paving
    • Bringing new life to old paving
    • Paving maintenance
    • Review what you have been learning
  2. GARDEN ARCHES, PERGOLAS & PAVILIONS
    • Choosing the right arch
    • Maintenance of metal arches
    • Maintenance of timber arches
    • Pergolas
    • Building a pergola
    • Living in a garden pavilion
    • Review what you have been learning
  3. DEALING WITH CONFINED SPACES
    • Courtyards
    • Narrow gardens
    • Plants for narrow gardens
    • Verandas
    • Review what you have been learning
  4. WATER GARDENS
    • Water in the landscape
    • Water effects
    • Construction
    • Water pumps
    • Edges of water features
    • Keeping the water clean
    • Oxygenating plants
    • Creating a waterfall
    • Types of waterfall
    • Fencing/safety of water features
    • Review what you have been learning
  5. USING PLANTS IN THE GARDEN
    • The garden bed
    • Plants for your garden
    • Plants for different uses
    • Plants to avoid
    • Review what you have been learning
    • Final assessment

 

 

Who is this course for?

It is of value to people working in:

  • Garden design
  • Landscaping
  • Garden maintenance
  • Parks & gardens
  • Horticulture
  • Education

 

Course Features:

  • Enrol any time.
  • Start studying immediately or later (as you wish)
  • Work through at your own pace.
  • Automated self assessment tests pop up at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish; and each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need internet access to complete the self assessment tests.
  • At the end of the whole course, you are presented with a major automated examination which can be attempted online, anywhere, any time.
  • If you achieve a 60% pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it.