Correspondence
Courses
Here you will find a range of programmes designed for anyone wishing to pursue a career in garden design, landscaping, and/or garden maintenance, as well as for home-owners who want to develop the knowledge and confidence to improve their own gardens.
Those already working in the industry who are seeking fresh inspiration or wanting to refine their skills will find our Premier Garden Design & Maintenance Programme invaluable.
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Our Confidence Builder Courses (Essential Steps to Gardening) offer an accessible, confidence-building introduction to key gardening skills, while the Home-owners Practical Gardening Programme offers practical, hands-on guidance for passionate gardeners. Together, these programmes create a clear and supportive learning pathway for both aspiring professionals and dedicated home-owners.
Home-owners’ Practical Garden Design Programme
Course Content:
Scale and Planning
Spatial Awareness
Cohesive Design
Everyday Care
This programme is designed to guide and support homeowners who want to create a beautiful, functional garden with a clear understanding of why certain design choices work, without feeling overwhelmed by technical jargon. Each candidate will acquire the skills to assess their own garden, make informed design decisions, choose plants wisely and work confidently with their own staff, a landscaper or contractor.
Premier Garden Design & Maintenance Programme
Course Content:
Design
Drawing
Maintainance
This course was introduced in 2008 to cater for gardening enthusiasts who live in outlying areas or in another country where access to adult education centres is limited. It is also ideal for busy people who simply don’t have the time to attend a course on a weekly basis. Having said that, it is not a pre-requisite that the student lives miles away.
Essential Steps to Gardening Correspondence Courses
Various Short Courses:
Practical Garden Maintenance
Growing your own Produce
Nourishing your Garden
Designing with Plants
We offer a wonderful range of comprehensive and inspiring workshops on weekends on garden design and plant choices, garden maintenance (basic horticulture), growing your own produce, and how to design an herb garden and utilise these magical plants. These four workshops are held quarterly in Kwazulu-Natal and elsewhere on demand. These are also offered as short correspondence courses.
Business Skills for the Green Industry
Course Content:
Marketing
Administration
Labour Practice
The Quoting System
In an industry that deals with a visual and living art form such as garden design and landscaping, it is easy to become so engrossed in beautifying a space that you forget about the many costs you incur while running your business to derive a decent salary each month on which to live.
