Planting Design & Plantsmanship

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Starts 6pm. Ends 8.30pm (Monday eveing for 12 weeks including one in person practical day).

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Online ( and 1 practical day)

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£187.05 (fee waivers available)

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email: ACAdmissions@uhi.ac.uk

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Planting Design & Plantsmanship

Discover how to create beautiful, thriving garden spaces in this hands-on, 12-week course.

What you'll learn:

  • To identify a wide range of types plants and learn about the environmental conditions that they need to thrive in gardens
  • How to design plant combinations and draw up planting plans
  • How to best prepare ground, establish a range of plants and maintain them once planted
  • About soils and how to improve them for different types of plants
  • About the different types of maintenance different plants need including feeding, staking and pruning

During the course you will design a plant collection for your own garden, or an alternative suitable site and specify the materials required to establish your collection. There will be a dedicated practical day to give you hands-on experience in ground preparation, planting and maintenance.