Landscaping Courses


Lots of different short courses and certificates for the serious landscaper; from someone just starting to experienced professionals.

  
BIOPHILIC LANDSCAPING

Learn biophilic landscaping. Design people friendly gardens, understanding health and environmental benefits of better urban gardens and landscapes.

10 lessons
100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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CARPENTRY

Learn to build things with wood for the garden. Ideal for landscapers or horticulturists wanting to broaden their skills into hard landscaping.

10 lessons
100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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CERTIFICATE IN GARDEN DESIGN VHT012

Garden Design Certificate. Draw landscape plans, specifications, cost estimates. Learn plant identification, plant selection and care plus hard landscaping tech...

30 lessons
600 hours
Certificate
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CERTIFICATE IN HORTICULTURE (LANDSCAPING & GARDEN DESIGN)

Landscaping & garden design certificate by home study. Study online by distance education. Improve your landscaping qualifications or start a business.

31 lessons
700 hours
Certificate
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CERTIFICATE IN LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION

Learn to construct gardens - paving, walls, rockeries, garden beds, carpentry, masonry, concreting, and much more - online certificate course. Understand aspect...

6 modules
600 hours
Certificate
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CERTIFICATE IN LANDSCAPING

Study landscaping online. Choose from a wide variety of landscaping modules. Learn how to design and renovate gardens, parks and other outdoor areas.

6 modules
600 hours
Certificate
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Concreting

Learn to work with cement and concrete. Self paced, 20 hour, online course.

8 lessons
20 hours
Certificate of Completion
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COTTAGE GARDEN DESIGN

Learn to design a traditional Cottage Garden with attractive flowers and scents, traditional furnishings and productivity; yeilding harvest for craft, culinary ...

8 lessons
100 hours
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GARDEN HISTORY

GARDEN HISTORY is a unique and fascinating course, available by home study and online learning. Understand the influence past designs have had on present day de...

8 lessons
100 hours
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GRAPHIC DESIGN BIT205

Learn graphic art to draw better landscape plans -100 hour course for garden designers, landscape architects, planners and engineers.

10 lessons
100 hours
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GREEN WALLS AND ROOFS

Learn to plan, create and choose plants for vertical gardens and roof gardens -Transform concrete jungles into healthy green environments.

9 lessons
100 hours
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LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION

Learn to build a garden, to properly engineer earthworks, create stable surfaces and build structures that are solid and durable. Hard landscaping principles.

10 lessons
100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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LANDSCAPING I

Excellent starter course for people wanting to work in landscaping -teaches you how to draw landscape plans, gardens, public and commercial open spaces.

10 lessons
100 hours
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LANDSCAPING II

Learn to select and compose hard and soft landscaping components in a creative way to develop a functional and aesthetic landscape.

12 lessons
100 hours
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LANDSCAPING III (Gardening Styles)

Learn to design different themed gardens in varied styles from around the world - oriental, mediterranean, eclectic, formal, etc.

10 lessons
100 hours
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MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY - Choosing Materials

Learn about the characteristics of different metals and other materials, so you can make better choices about what to use where in construction.

8 lessons
100 hours
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NATURAL GARDEN DESIGN

Learn to design natural looking gardens for low maintenance indigenous plants. Learn about different types of natural gardens in this online distance learning ...

100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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PLANNING LAYOUT AND CONSTRUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL GARDENS

An advanced course for landscapers wishing to build on basic trade level training.

10 lessons
100 hours
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PLANT SELECTION AND ESTABLISHMENT

Learn to pick the right plant for the right location and establish it in the landscape. Landscape design course online by distance learning.

10 lessons
100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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PLAYGROUND DESIGN

Learn to design playgrounds in this online distance learning course. Design play equipment and adventure gardens for children.

7 lessons
100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2500 Hour Learning Bundle Horticulture (Landscaping)

Study a professional landscape and garden design correspondence course learning gardening, garden design and plantsmanship for career, professional development.

25 modules
2500 hours
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RESTORING ESTABLISHED ORNAMENTAL GARDENS

Develop garden renovation and restoration skills, redevelop historic gardens with authenticity and integrity: a valuable commercially desirable skill for all la...

8 lessons
100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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STONE, BRICK AND CONCRETE MASONRY

Learn how to use stone, concrete and bricks in landscaping projects. Understand the different types of rock which is used to build feature walls in gardens and ...

9 lessons
100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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WATER GARDENING

Learn to use Water features in landscape and garden design. Online distance learning course in landscape design water features.

8 lessons
100 hours
Statement of Attainment
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