BECOME THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE GARDENER IN YOUR FAMILY!
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plus the following ebooks as an added bonus:
Growing & Knowing Annuals ($32.95)
Growing & Knowing Bulbs ($32.95)
Growing & Knowing Perennial Plants ($34.95)
Landscaping with Australian Plants ($34.95)
Trees and Shrubs ($24.95)
Plant Pests and Diseases ($34.95)
Total value = $195.70
Lesson Structure
There are 8 lessons in this course:
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Basic Plant Identification & Culture
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Plant names-common and scientific
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Recognising groupings of plants into families and genera
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Planting
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Understanding cold in the garden
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Protecting new plantings
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Different potting needs
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Hanging baskets
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How to select the most appropriate plant
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Transplanting from pots
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Basic planting procedure
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Best time to plant
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Planting bare rooted plants
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Mulching
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Tools & equipment.
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How to cut with secateurs
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Aims of pruning
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Pruning terminology
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When to prune
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Pruning methods
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Pruning in the home orchard
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Review of 16 different plants
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Soils & Nutrition
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Soil texture and structure
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Different soils for different purposes
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Terminology
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Water, air, temperature of soil
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Nutrient elements
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Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, sulphur
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Minor elements
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Deficiencies and toxicities
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Feeding plants
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Factors affecting fertiliser application
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Organic fertilisers; manures, rock dusts, seaweed
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Ways to apply fertiliser
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Soil chemical properties
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Soil building
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Improving texture, fertility, etc
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Total salts
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Acidity and alkalinity
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Composting
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Drainage
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Review of 16 different plants
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Pests & Weeds
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Identifying problems
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Preventative measures
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Types of problems -parasitic and non parasitic, pest, disease, environmental etc
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Chemical vs natural controls
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Common problems and treatments used for them, both natural and chemical
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Safety with chemicals
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Plants to improve soils -cover crops
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Biological control
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Weed identification
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Types of weeds
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Types of weed problems
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Weed control methods
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Review of 16 different plants
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Landscaping
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Types of gardens -formal, informal, natural
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Cottage gardens, Mediterranean, Japanese, naturalistic, permaculture
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History of Gardening
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Design principles or concepts -line, texture, colour, balance etc.
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Using paving, stone, gravel, etc
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Selecting landscape materials
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Moving earth
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Using timber
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Rockeries
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Drainage -surface and sub surface
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Designing a home garden, step by step, through to drawing the plan
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Creating user friendly gardens
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How to use colour
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Creating a natural style
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How to use plants
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How to create a garden room
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Native gardens
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Traditional (European style) home gardens.
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Hedges and Mazes
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Review of 16 different plants
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Propagation
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Methods -asexual and sexual
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Equipment, cold frames
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Seed treatments -acid digestion, stratification, scarification, etc
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Soils, soil mixes, propagating media
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UC mixes
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ph
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Types of media and components -rock, stone, synthetic, organic, soil
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Growing plants from seed
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Hygiene
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How to sow into containers
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Germination
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Pricking out seedlings
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Cutting propagation
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Types of cuttings, hardwood, softwood, herbaceous, nodal, tip, etc
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Cutting treatments -hormones, wounding etc
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Managing parent plants
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Cutting propagation for a range of specific plant genera
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Setting out cuttings
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Potting on cuttings
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Review of 16 different plants
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Lawns
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Value of lawns
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Lawn shape and design
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Ways of establishment -seeding, turfing, rough mowing
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Laying a new lawn
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Turf grass varieties -couch, fescue, rye, bent, kentucky,
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Lawn problems -nutritional, environmental, pest, disease, weeds
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Lawn renovation -topdressing, dethatching, aeration, etc
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Turf maintenance practices -rolling, spiking,slicing, drilling, etc
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Watering lawns
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Review of 16 different plants
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Indoor Gardening
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Why some indoor plants do not perform
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Caring for plants -growth rates, dormancy
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General rules to follow
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Choosing the right pot or container
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Hydroponics
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Bonsai
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Greenhouses
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Shadehouses
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Heaters
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Other ways to grow plants -epiphytes, terrariums, water gardens
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Selecting indoor plants for different light and other conditions
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Hardy indoor plants
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How to maintain indoor plants in pots
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Problems with potted plants and solutions
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Groups or types of indoor plants -foliage, flowering etc
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Review of 16 different plants
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The Kitchen Garden
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Getting started
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Choosing what to grow
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Planning a cropping program
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Getting the best from a Vegetable plot
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Crop rotation
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Use disease resistant varieties
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Timing
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Special techniques -green manures, no dig beds, raised beds
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Minimising water use
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Making compost
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Varieties and seeds
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Raising and transplanting seedlings
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Directory/review of how to grow most common vegetables (this is an extensive study)
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Harvesting
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Establishing a home orchard
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Deciduous Fruit trees
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Pollination needs
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Review of common temperate and sub tropical fruits from grapes to mangoes and apples to citrus
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Nuts -review of most common types
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Berry Fruits -review of most common types
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Using excess harvest -preserves etc
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Herb cultivation
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Review of most common herbs
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Harvesting herbs
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Designing a culinary herb garden
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Companion planting
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Using herbs -garnishes, soups, pot pouri, etc
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Poisonous plants
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Cultivating annual flowers
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Review of 16 different plants
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