Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
How Plants Grow: The Essentials
This online course explored the foundational knowledge needed to be a good gardener. Learners covered topics such as plant anatomy; growth cycles of different plant types and how to adapt cultivation methods to meet different plants' needs.
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
David Hurrion
Associate Editor, BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the different parts of plants, their different forms and their function in supporting growth.
- Investigate how the structure and composition of soil and compost are fundamental for plant health.
- Explain how the growth cycles of different plant types and the key maintenance the gardener needs to give them.
- Assess the different growing conditions experienced by plants and adapt cultivation techniques accordingly.
Syllabus
Gardening for Beginners: How to Grow Plants and Nurture Them is a plants-first course that teaches the foundational knowledge needed to be a good gardener. Building on the basic science behind plants, the course looks at how to help any plant thrive by creating the right growing environment, how to create new plants yourself without having to buy them, and what to do when things go wrong.
Topics covered in Part One include:
How plants grow and different plant types Growth cycles through the seasons Assessing the growing conditions you already have (indoors as well as outdoors) Understanding soil and how it determines what you can grow
Issued on 30th July 2021
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