Some of the things that you will be learning in the Warnborough Online Course will be environmental control, plant growth in protected environments, and practical knowledge of specific plant husbandry techniques.
Protected cultivation is when plants are grown in a closed or sheltered environment – ultimately improving the plant growth process. This is typically done using a greenhouse – but not limited to.
The crops produced in a protected environment can be ornamental – for the home garden and nursery; for the cut flower industry; or food crops for commercial production. Types of plants include:
- Vegetables
- Fruits
- Herbs
- Cut Flowers
- Container Plants
- Bedding Plants
- Over-wintering cold-tender species
- Display plants
E-Learning Structure
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 10 in-depth lessons:
1. Structures For Protected Cropping
2. Environmental Control
3. Cladding Materials And Their Properties
4. Irrigation
5. Nursery Nutrition
6. Relationship Between Production Techniques And Horticultural Practices
7. Horticultural Management In A Greenhouse: Pests And Diseases
8. Harvest & Post Harvest Technology
9. Greenhouse Plants
10. Risk Assessment
Course Aims
- Describe and Evaluate the type and shape of modern growing structures
- Describe and evaluate environmental controls in protected cropping
- Explain the nature of solar radiation, transmission properties of glass and its substitutes
- Determine the water requirements of a crop; and methods of irrigation.
- Relate horticultural principles to the production and harvesting of a range of crops.
- Evaluate the factors involved in marketing protected crops
- Evaluate the factors involved in marketing protected crops
- Undertake risk assessment for a protected crop
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.
