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Online Class: Gardening Basics

Each of the lessons in this course is designed to familiarize you with the basics of indoor and outdoor gardening. As you progress through the different elements of gardening you will be able to successful grow your plants. There are several different levels of gardening covered in the course: the most basic, plus intermediate and advanced as well as specific gardening topics. This class also offers assistance with choosing the plants for your environment as well as starting, caring, and harvesting your products. You will learn the basics that are needed to start your journey with nature inside and outside your home plus the added bonus of how to preserve your products. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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1.0 CEUs

Course Description

This course is not only designed to teach the basic gardening elements but also to provide resource information for beginners. There are several different levels of gardening covered in the course: the most basic, plus intermediate and advanced as well as specific gardening topics.

This class also offers assistance with choosing the plants for your environment as well as starting, caring, and harvesting your products. You will learn the basics that are needed to start your journey with nature inside and outside your home plus the added bonus of how to preserve your products.

In Gardening Basics novice gardeners will learn the elements of different forms of gardening (indoor and outdoor). In addition to lessons on soil, seeds and plants and composting, students will study Container Gardening, Herbal Gardening, and Houseplants. The class ends with information on how to Harvest and Store and Preserve your products such as herbs and flower seeds.

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

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Course Lessons

Beginning the Process of Gardening - The goal of this lesson is to learn the basics of gardening in order to begin your gardening journey.
Container Gardening - The goal of this lesson is to learn the knowledge of Container Gardening.
Outdoor Gardening - The goal of this lesson is learning the basics of Outdoor Gardening.
Herbal Gardening - The goal of this lesson is to learn the basics about growing herbs.
Houseplants Basics - The goal of the following lesson is to learn about growing and caring for Houseplants.
Harvest and Storage Basics - The goal of the sixth lesson is to Harvest and Storing of your products such as herbs, flower seeds, and other products.

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