Interior Plants (Indoors) 100 Hours Certificate Course

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Interior Plants (Indoors) course online. Achieve fantastic results with indoor plants! This course is equally applicable to the professional interior plant scaper or the home owner (or interior decorator) who aspires to achieve the best results with their indoor plants.

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About this course

Distinguish between different types of indoor plants
Describe the cultural methods used for growing various indoor plants
Evaluate a range of plants not commonly grown indoors for their suitability for interior plantscaping.
Select appropriate plants for different interior plantscaping situations.
Develop innovative ways of presenting plants for indoor situations..
Explain the interior plantscaping industry, including its nature and scope. The quality of this course is second to none, from the in-depth learning you will get to the expert individual mentoring you will receive throughout your studies. The mentors for this course are:  Susan StephensonBSc in Applied Plant Biology (Botany) Univ. London 1983.City and guilds: Garden Centre Management, Management and Interior Decor (1984)Management qualifications in training with retail store. Diploma in Hort level 2 (RHS General) Distinction.  Susan Stephenson is a passionate and experienced horticulturist and garden designer. She has authored three books, lectures at 2 Further and Higher Education Colleges, teaching people of all ages and backgrounds about the wonders of plants and garden design, and tutors many students by correspondence from all over the world. Susan studied botany at Royal Holloway College (Univ of London) and worked in the trading industry before returning to her first love plants and garden design. She is therefore, well placed to combine business knowledge with horticulture and design skills. Her experience is wide and varied and she has designed gardens for families and individuals. Susan is a mentor for garden designers who are just starting out, offering her support and advice and she also writes, delivers and assesses courses for colleges, introducing and encouraging people into horticulture and garden design. In 2010, Susan authored a complete module for a Foundation degree (FDSC) in Arboriculture. Susan holds the RHS General with Distinction ng, – Joseph Priestly College, BTEC...

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Course programme

There are 8 lessons:

1. Introduction

  • Plant Naming and pronunciation
  • Review of indoor plant families
  • Resources

2. Indoor Plant Culture - Part A

  • Understanding interior environments
  • Plants for different light conditions
  • Problems with indoor plants
  • Potting Media
  • Potting up
  • Container selection
  • Managing plant nutrition
  • Pruning indoor plants
  • Propagation and caring for young indoor plants

3. Indoor Plant Culture - Part B

  • Acclimatizing indoor plants
  • Helping plants survive neglect
  • Managing plant health indoors

4. Foliage Plants

  • Growing palms inside
  • Review of palm genera
  • Selecing and Growing Ferns inside
  • Review of other foliage plant general

5. Flowering Plants

  • Orchids
  • African violets
  • Poinsettia
  • Other genera grown for flowers indoors.

6. Other Indoor Plants

  • Herbs
  • Vines and Climbers

7. Making The Best Use Of Indoor Plants

  • Deciding where to place an indoor plant
  • Managing colour
  • Using mirrors
  • Plants in baskets
  • Hydroponics indoors
  • Miniature gardens

8. The Interior Plantscaping Industry

  • Interior Plantscaping Business
  • Growing in Greenhouses
  • Environmental control


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.

Interior Plants (Indoors) 100 Hours Certificate Course

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