Growing Annuals

£395.00

Become an expert with annual flowers. Learn to identify and grow them, to produce a continual blaze of colour through the seasons. This eight lesson course reveals the secrets of what to grow, when to grow each variety, building up the soil, controlling pests and diseases, designing the peak of perfection.

E-Learning Structure

The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 8 in-depth lessons:

  1. Introduction – Review of the system of plant identification, physiology, information sources
  2. Culture – Planting, staking, mulching, watering, feeding, pruning, etc
  3. Propagation – Methods of propagating annuals: Propagation of selected varieties of annuals.
  4. Hydroponics.
  5. Pest & Disease
  6. Irrigation
  7. Greenhouse Management.
  8. Harvest, Post Harvest & Quality.

Course Aims

  • Discuss the classification of annual flowering plants through the plant naming system.
  • Discuss culture requirements of annuals.
  • Propagate annuals.
  • Explain methods of hydroponic culture in relation to annuals
  • Identify pest and diseases of annuals
  • Describe various types of irrigation systems and the water requirements of annuals.
  • Describe various greenhouses and related equipment available.
  • Determine procedures for the handling of annuals during and after harvest.
  • Design annual flower beds.

How Does A Warnborough Online Course Work?

You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.

If you have any questions please contact us.