Level 1 Diploma in Practical Horticulture Skills

Course

In St Helens

£ 200 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Location

    St helens

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    September

Grow your skills as you work practically on the green areas in and around St Helens College and at Sherdley Park.

You will learn how to use gardening tools, how to prepare, feed and water plants, how to apply mulch correctly, and much more.

Facilities

Location

Start date

St Helens (Merseyside)
St Helens College Water Street St Helens, WA10 1PP

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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Subjects

  • Horticulture
  • Equipment
  • Planting
  • Organic mulch
  • Strimmers
  • Lawn mowers
  • Soil testing
  • Baskets
  • Plant identification
  • Gardening tools
  • Water plants
  • Feed

Course programme

During this course, you will cover the following units:

  • Preparing grounds for seeding or planting
  • Planting container grown subjects
  • Applying organic mulch to a bed or border
  • Water a bed, border or area of plants in containers
  • Using hand-held equipment i.e. hedge trimmers, strimmers, lawn mowers
  • Soil testing (PH)
  • Creating hanging baskets
  • Plant identification

Level 1 Diploma in Practical Horticulture Skills

£ 200 VAT inc.