Gardening & Landscaping


This program has been created for those who enjoy gardening and landscaping as hobby and those who want it as career/businesses.

Course Intro.

Fundamentals of Gardening.
How to Create and Care For All Types of Plants and Flowers.
Get Introduction To Techniques Of Professional Landscaping/Horticulture.

Course Outline

Introduction to Professional Gardening and Landscaping.
Ways to Make Money in Landscaping and Gardening.
Understanding and Identifying Plants.
Gardening Maintenance and Gardening Features.
Selecting and Using Plants In Landscaping And Gardening.
Common Mistakes of Gardeners and Landscapers.

Gardening (1-3)


GREEN GARDENING

Landscaping (1 & 2)


Design Techniques are taught. This enables you to be creative. You learn and master Design Techniques globally used to manipulate and create designs. This course enables you the ability to create your own designs and follows trends. New styles do not confuse you because you know who they were created for and can even improve on the existing styles.

Introduction to landscaping

1. Using Drawing and Instruments
2. Lettering
3. Graphic Materials and Techniques
4. Analyzing the Landscape Site
5. Landscape Process
6. Outdoor Room Concept
7. Plant Selection
8. The Principles of Designs
9. Flowers
10. Xeriscaping

Techniques of Landscaping

1. Hardscape
2. Enrichment
3. Landscape in the age of technology
4. Pricing the proposed design
5. Landscape calculations
6. Understanding contracts and contractors
7. Contract documents
8. Specification
9. Resources
10. Installing landscape plants

11. Selecting the proper grass
12. Lawn construction
13. Landscape irrigation
14. Interior plantscaping
15. Maintaining landscape plants
16. Plant injuries
17. Care of the lawn
18. Weather influence (dry and wet season)
19. Placing landscape maintenance
20. Safety in landscape industry
21. Basic equipment for landscaping

Module

  • Theory
  • Practical
  • Project (personal)
  • Specialization
  • Excursion
  • Internship

Opportunities

  • Grow and sell plants
  • Garden design
  • Garden maintenance
  • Potted plants
  • Indoor and outdoor Plants
  • Local & foreign vegetables trade

Details

Form Fees N2500
Duration 20 Weeks

Requirements


You need to have keen interest in horticulture, love nature, with pleasure in the growth and maintenance of plants and flowers. Also you should enjoy working on soil. Even if you do not have any experience on the course but have interest and you are hardworking, you can learn, excel and become an expert.
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