Nursery and Propagation Courses

Save yourself money and propagate your own plants by taking cuttings the way that nurseries do

What a fantastic time to develop your skills whether you want to have the most beautiful garden at a reasonable cost or whether you work in a nursery and you need to gain more skills. While no course alone going to make you into an exceptional propagator, you will get the solid basis of the skills you need, on which to build:

• Get acquainted with the principles of propagation by cuttings
• Get the knowhow to propagate plants from stem cuttings and non-stem cuttings
• Explore the range of materials and equipment used for stem propagation
• Unsure about the growing media? You will learn that too
• Gain the botanical knowledge of how and why cuttings form roots.
• Did you know you can manipulate the formation of roots on cuttings - well in the course you will learn just how to do that too
• As for where to set up a propagation area that is covered in this amazing course
• And, in case you want to take your skills further this course finalises in explaining the principles of nursery crop scheduling and lays the foundation for a career as a professional propagator; or to start your own production nursery.

Get a real chance to move your career ahead with our superb Garden Centre Management course

• Are you passionate about gardening and inspiring people to reach their full potential?

You have picked the best course because once you inspire and enthuse your staff they will in turn enthuse your customers and you will be the proud manager of the best garden centre around!

This course was put together with a successful garden manager of a major retail chain and is now used globally to train managers and would be managers to attain the highest standards

Our courses are updated regularly so you keep your knowledge current, that is why everyone from small nurseries to major chain stores across the country want our courses.

Most garden managers rise through the ranks from volunteer through casual to permanent staff and then on to the management ladder. If you are wanting to advance your career then our Garden Centre Management course is the one to choose.

Delivered by the most amazing tutors who have won recognised awards for their horticultural ability - you can't go wrong so enrol now and take the first step to a rewarding career in horticulture

Starting out in the nursery business? Get it right first time with our superb introductory course

You can waste vast amounts of money buy not knowing the best practice and here is a course that will sort that out for you - what more could you want?

You probably want to start small and grow and we will show you how using the most inexpensive methods of propagation - the whys and wherefore of propagation and thow to then sell what you grow. Every lesson builds up your knowledge of plants. By the end of the course you will discover how nurseries have started out slowly often as a very small concern and over time have grown to become, profitable established nurseries and you will have gained the knowledge and confidence to do the same.

The Nursery Growers Course will help you

• Identify pants properly and understand their growth patterns.
• understand the different structure used - greenhouses, shadehouses etc..
• You will learn the plants that propagate sexually and those that can be propagated asexually
• Understanding the basic prinicples of management is going to be important to you so we cover that too.
• There are a whole range of materials that you can use for propagation and this course will help you make the right choices when selecting the right materials for your plants.
• If you dont know the role potting composts play in the final product - then have no fear because this is explained too.
• You may want to hold on to some of those seeds you harvested so we examine how to store a range of seeds for maximum viability.
• Seed dormancy is a problem for nursery growers but we have a topic that will show you how to overcome this too.

(If you intend studying propagation and wholesale nursery management, consider courses Propagation I BHT108; Seed Propagation BHT237; RHS Certificate 2 Plant Growth, Propagation & Development VHT040; RHS Certificate 3 -Principles of Plant Growth, Health & Applied Propagation VHT041; Cutting Propagation BHT211 plus management courses ).

Do you love plants and want to work in a production nursery and to have the edge over others at an interview?. Perhaps you already work in a nursery and would like to get the edge on your colleagues when that promotion comes up.

Look no further!

We have a course that is perfect for your needs.

• You will learn about operational flow charts,
  • how to identify plants and to understand what their names mean.
  • Standards? Every business has them and you will discover the ones applicable to your chosen location.
  • From glasshouses and their heating and cooling systems to the techniques for propagation and the various types of potting mixes to enhance the output you will learn it all and more.

  For nurseries don't just create plants they sell them too and you will learn about marketing, sales and those little extras that make your company more profitable and therefore more successful.

  This course is revised frequently and is specifically geared towards nursery hands so dont delay enrol today!

Set yourself up to work in a Plant Nursery.

This course was developed in response to a request from a retail nurseryman who was finding it difficult to find staff with appropriate skills. As he put it, job applicants were either over qualified or lacked the basic skills needed: to be able to identify plants, advise customers on their use and to understand some basic sales techniques and procedures.

Our Nursery Sales Assistant Course has recently undergone a major update to Sales Skills in a nursery section. Many nursery sales assistants are passionate about plants, but lack the necessary sales skills to boost sales. Others have a good selling ability but lack the plant knowledge needed to assist customers and really ‘sell’ the product.

The Nursery Sales Assistants course has been developed to provide the necessary balance between plant knowledge and sales skills. Your staff will learn all about

• plant identification
• plant care
• how to advise customers
• important sales secrets that will boost your bottom line.
• how to ‘open’ and most importantly, ‘close’ a sale!

Home Study Course in Breeding Plants

• For Nurserymen, Horticulturists, Plant Enthusiasts or anyone aspiring to be a Plant Breeder.
• Study genetics and plant breeding techniques
• Self paced, 100 hour course
• Learn from our team of professional horticulturists and plant scientists, located across both Australia and the UK.

Today's nurseryman needs to understand plant breeding and selection; and to this end, this course is a very valuable and unique course for anyone working in the modern industry.

Plant breeding is a bigger industry than most people realize. In some places, earnings from plant breeding rights can equal or exceed earnings from actually producing plants.

Develop your broad skills in plant propagation.

This subject assumes a very general knowledge of basic plant propagation and botany as a prerequisite. With the first lesson you will be sent a video on propagation to refresh your knowledge. The subject is aimed primarily at people who work in the nursery industry, but will be of value to anyone with a broad interest in propagating plants.

Plants are propagated both sexually (from two parents eg. seed & spore) and asexually (from two parents eg. cuttings, grafting, layers, division).

The student will be required to visit and telephone various sites, including relevant workplaces, to observe, inspect or interview employees or management. Through these visits the student will develop an awareness of workplaces and practical applications of the subject.

This course deals with the principles of propagation, and all of these methods; as well as materials and equipment. This is a module from the accredited RHS Diploma and provides credit toward IARC accredited diplomas

Become a professional plant propagator and make a career for a lifetime

Why do some seeds germinate easily, and others don't?

How should seed be stored?

How should seeds be treated to encourage germinate?

How do you get seedlings to survive?

Seed propagation can be complex, but doing this course will lay a foundation for working more effectively with all types of seed, to achieve better results wherever you live.

You can grow just about anything when you know how to propagate your own plants. It is a valuable part of saving money for your landscape and nursery business. A skill you will have for always.

Tissue culture micro-propagation

Tissue culture involves growing plants from very small sections (sometimes microscopic) in a laboratory

It is a propagation method which is being increasingly used. Tissue culture is not appropriate for many plants, but for others such as orchids, some indoor plants and in particular, many new plant varieties, it is a very popular propagation method.

This course gives students a useful overview of

• the growth of plants
• nutrient media
• propagation methods
• laboratory organisation

and other elements involved in the tissue culture process.

Learn to Be a Successful Nursery Manager

Managing a production nursery involves more than just propagating and potting up plants.

Even the small nursery must be able to not only producer plants, but do it at a pre determined cost, then sustain those plants before and during marketing..

The nursery industry currently has a real need for people with skills and knowledge in managing production plant nurseries!

Topics include:

• The significance of property, marketing and contracts to site selection.
• The cost of producing different plant varieties as specified marketable products.
• Developing a nutritional program for plants in a wholesale nursery.
• The implementation of integrated pest management in a specified nursery situation.
• The different chemical methods of controlling plant appearance.

This course provides a solid grounding for developing those skills. Learn how to manage people and define your target market for optimum performance!