Learn to Identify and Grow Bulbs
- All types, all seasons, all climates
- Grow and harvest cut flowers
- Develop your passion or build a business
There are always openings in the flower growing industry for knowledgeable professionals - those who want to do more than just labouring. If you have training and a comprehensive, industry oriented certificate to back you up, you have a better chance of getting ahead in this industry.
Learn how to select and grow the right bulb species for your locality and markets. Learn about the botanical side of bulbs – how to identify them but also how to improve soils, care for and produce high quality flowers, manage the greenhouse or grow in open ground.
What this Course Covers
There are ten lessons in this course, as outlined below:
1. Introduction to Cut Flower Bulb Production
2. Cultural Practices
3. Flower Initiation and Development
4. Pest and Disease Control
5. Managing Yield
Greenhouse Culture
6. Management, Harvest and Post Harvest
7. Gladiolus and Liliums
8. Narcissus
9. Iris
10. Other Bulbs
Workload
Study when, where and however much you want. For most students, the course can be completed with a total of around 100 hours of study; and a commitment close to that may be needed to achieve desired learning outcomes.
Extra Reading
The following books, available through this web site are relevant supplementary reading for this course:
- Growing and Knowing Flowering Bulbs
- Plant Pests and Diseases
Assessment
Self Assessment Tests are presented throughout the course. These are essentially an automated quiz. When you undertake a "SAT" or "Self Assessment Test", you will be able to see what you got correct, and what was incorrect; and in that way, you can identify your weaknesses.
Assignments are given at the end of each lesson. You should complete this assignment, paying careful attention to follow what is asked of you. It can be just as important to learn to work to specification, as it is to learn about the topic you are studying. Graduates who develop a habit of working to specification with bulbs, will impress employers, and will be more efficient when self employed.
A Final Exam is offered upon satisfactory completion of all assignments. This is optional. If you choose to apply for and do this exam, you will have the possibility of obtaining a "formal credit" or "Pass Certification" for this course. A fee applies. The exam may be sat under prearranged conditions anywhere in the world. This college will award you a formal transcript, upon successful completion of the exam, as proof of your results.
Recognition and Ethics
This college is a member of the ACS Affiliates Network; a group of colleges from several countries, affiliated with each other through ACS Distance Education.. Courses are developed with input from all of these colleges, aspiring to reflect internationally accepted standards and needs.
A strict "No Plagiarism" and "No fraud" policy exists. Assignments are checked for plagiarism, and assignments will not be deemed to have been completed, if work is not your own original creation, and is found to have been copied from elsewhere. If the person doing the course is discovered to be different to the name enrolled, the enrolment and any results will be recorded as invalid and any fees paid will be forfeited.
Refund Policy
A full refund less expenses (up to 15% of fees applied) is provided to anyone wishing to withdraw from a course, within 2 weeks of enrolment. This does not apply after the first assignment has been submitted and marked; or after the two weeks has expired.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS INSTITUTION?
We believe that we have an ethical responsibility to make good use of the fees you pay and the time you invest into an education through our college. To this end, our first priority is always your learning. This comes before issues such as formal accreditations, speculative marketing and bureaucratic processes which all too often add considerable costs to the running of colleges, and take resources away from the provision of more valuable services to the student.
This college focuses on facilitating your learning and support to optimise that learning. We recognise that learning is all about improving knowledge and skills in your long term memory. While some colleges may focus on getting you to pass exams, by committing knowledge to short term memory; we understand that such an approach is not true education, and does little to improve your long term career or business prospects.
How This Course Can Help You
- Gain a foothold in this industry by expanding your knowledge - growers are always on the lookout for knowledgeable employees.
- If you are already working in the industry this course gives you a better chancve of furthering your career into management.
- Use it a credits towards further study and a qualification.