Heritage Horticulture

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This 6-module home study course provides an in-depth exploration of historical garden design, showing you how to create a garden that is both authentic and entirely in-keeping with an historical home. The course covers every step in the process, from first research to selecting and sourcing authentic hard landscaping materials and plant varieties. Includes course book, The Garden Makers Manual.

Subjects covered include: history of garden design; historical homes in context; planning and design of the historical garden; planting plans; key species of each period; hard landscaping materials in historical context; sourcing authentic materials; selecting appropriate alternatives; historical horticultural techniques.

Whether your goal is to create your own period garden, or to learn more about this area as a complement to general garden design skills, this course is ideal.

Why Choose Us?

Our tutorial support is second-to-none! When you enrol on the course you are assigned an experienced personal tutor who will work with you all the way through. Tutors are available by e-mail at any time to offer support, advice or if you would just like a chat about how the course is going – including weekends, bank holidays and evenings! We see this level of support as central to the success of our courses. If you would prefer to chat to your tutor you can arrange a call back through the main office at a mutually convenient time.

All courses are despatched by courier.

Qualification

• Certificate in Heritage Horticulture

* When you enrol by instalments you will only be charged the £55 deposit when you enrol. We’ll send a Standing Order form that you can complete to pay your remaining instalments. If you prefer to pay the deposit and instalments by standing order, you can download and complete a form here. We’ll send out your first batch of course material as soon as we receive your first payment.

Payment Alternatives

You can also enrol by telephone or we can invoice your workplace – please call an adviser on 01896 860661 for more information or chat to an adviser online now.

Online Study Option Now Available

This course is also available online. Our online courses are delivered as pdfs direct to your email inbox. Our online courses are exactly the same as the postal version, but include a range of supporting study material instead of textbooks.

Borders Connect . is one of the UK’s leading distance learning providers. All of our home study courses include study material, which is sent out in an attractive, hardwearing folder, essential course books and full tutorial support or delivered online directly to your email address. We are accredited by the Open and Distance Learning Quality Council and registered as providers with the Learning Skills Council.

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