Garden history courses

... & Diseases; Organic Gardening; Garden Design; Garden History; Growing Vegetables...

...These courses have proved very popular and successful. They offer the keen amateur or professional gardener the opportunity to study horticultural topics of interest and to work towards a recognised qualification...

... Devon honey or other bee related products, or just to enjoy watching them work your garden...

...This course is designed for the amateur gardener who would like to learn more about Wildlife Gardening. It is an easy to follow course with a focus on practical skills so students can apply their new knowledge to their own garden or allotment. Suitable for: Amateur gardeners who would like to build...

...During this hands-on taster session you will see the best way to plant the seeds and take cuttings from a range of garden herbs. You will learn the history of where our common garden herbs came from and how best to care for them. A taster session designed for beginners to gardening...

...', giving them an intimate appreciation of the most desirable stock, where to obtain it and how to combine for an effective grouping. Suitable for: Garden designers, authors, journalists and plant enthusiasts...

...This three day course will provide a brief history of this traditional symbolic carving as well as an introduction to the tools and techniques of stone carving...

...This course is designed for the amateur gardener who would like to learn more about Organic Gardening. It is an easy to follow course with a focus on practical skills so students can apply their new knowledge to their own garden or allotment. Suitable for: Amateur gardeners who would like to build...

...By the end of this two-day course, you should be taking home your very own garden totem pole. Among the native Americans of the northwest coast...

... with botanical painting, many graduates join the Florilegium Society which meets monthly to record the plants in the garden. Tuition The course takes place...

..., rebuilding of the lawn), planning of the urban green (history of the garden, trees, maintenance of parks, public and private gardens, design and urban green... Learn about: Plant Nursery, Outdoor design...

... the warmth of the day in it. Plants planted during fire days need more water. At the end of the course you should be able to use all the knowledge in your garden and see improvement by doing so. Anybody can do it. Be it an old hand in gardening or a person just starting out to the adventure. Anybody...

...The history of art is full of beautiful images of gardens or of nature arranged in such a way that the painting itself constitutes the 'garden'. We can enjoy this from the earliest times, through to work which is contemporary. The course will include one visit per term...

...There are plenty of opportunities to handle the many fossil examples available. Start Date: 14th January 2010 Venue: Institute Arts Centre Course...

...This course will examine what constituted Renaissance art and architecture, how it started, its influences, its innovators and their importance to...

...Illustrated talks (starting at 11am) will precede a walk lasting approximately two hours (2-4pm) physically placing our writers and artists in their environments...

...Although existentialism, in its developed form, is a phenomenon of recent times, its roots can be traced far back in the history of philosophy. The course contains ideas that shaped the mind of thinkers from Nietzsche, Buber, Confucius, Freud, Heidegger, Kierkegaard and Spinoza to Sartre...

...This course is suitable for an individual who wants to care for their lawn. This workshop will explore how to improve and maintain garden lawns...

...Module 1 Your Introduction to Floristry In this module you will learn: About the basics of floristry A brief history of floristry About modern... Learn about: Floristry Industry, Flower Arranging, Feng Shui...

...Module 1 Your Introduction to Floristry In this module you will learn: About the basics of floristry A brief history of floristry About modern... Learn about: Flower Arranging, Business Plan, Part Time...