Learn How to Grow Lavender Commercially
Lavender is a wonderful plant. Everyone would be familiar with its fragrance because it is used widely in soaps and perfumes, potpourri and air fresheners. Lavender oil can also be used to flavour food products like ice cream, cakes and chocolate where it tastes almost the same as it smells. Lavender is said to promote relaxation and relieve stress, hence its use in pillows and neck wraps.
This course teaches students all they could possibly hope to know about lavender. It covers the different lavender species which are grown in cultivation and explains how to grow them to optimise flower production and enhance oil yields. You'll also learn the best techniques for propagating lavender, which species are best for particular purposes and how to hardest and store lavender. Finally, different methods of processing lavender are discussed and ways to market it.
What this Course Covers
There are ten lessons in this course:
- Introduction
- Soils, Fertilisers and Nutrition for Lavender
- Cultural Techniques for Lavender Growing
- Lavender Propagation
- Commercial Alternatives
- Plant Variety Selection and Breeding
- Building Plant Knowledge
- Harvesting, Post harvest Treatment and Storage
- Processing and Making Lavender Products
- Marketing Lavender Produce
Extra Reading
The following books, available through this web site may be relevant supplementary reading for this course:
- Herbs
- Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs
- Scented Plants
- Growing & Knowing Lavender
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 vegetable growing, will impress others, 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 Could Help You
This course is geared towards people who may wish to grow lavender for the horticulture or agriculture industries. This course may also help with running or improving an existing lavender growing business. It will also be useful for people wishing to grow lavender on a small scale for home use or a small business.
Study this course by itself or along with other horticulture or herbs subjects to create a certificate or higher level qualification to enhance your understanding of the industry and expand your skills.