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Outcome:
Credit Towards a Certificate
Location:
Online (web-based), distance education course
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Program
Website:
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Type
Continuing Education
Dates
Start date:
Sep 13, 2010
End date:
Dec 03, 2010
Fees
Tuition:
$549.00
Instructor(s):
Pat Shaver, B.Sc.Agr (Horticulture), Office of Open Learning
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 Description:
This course discusses production practices for fruits and vegetables and provides an introduction to managing cool-season turfgrasses. Plant propagation techniques, including seed, division and cuttings are discussed, as well as the selection and maintenance of plants in the water garden.
Designed
For:
Learners wishing to improve their horticultural skills.
Grading Scheme:
| Assessment |
Weight |
| Discussions (2) |
10% each |
| Assignments (3) |
20%, 10%, 20% |
| Quiz (2) |
15% each |
*Grading Scheme is subject to change.
Course Topics:
Vegetable Production - Discusses the importance of environmental conditions and the cultural practices required to grow vegetables.
Fruit Production - Describes cultural practices required to grow fruits and the impact and management of environment conditions.
Turf Management - Describes the cultural practices required to seed, sod, renovate and maintain home lawns.
Plant Propagation - An introduction to sexual (seeds) and asexual (divisions and cuttings) propagation techniques.
Plants in the Water Garden - Discusses water ecosystems and cultural practices required to grow tropical and hardy, submerged, floating, marginal and surface water plants.
Materials:
Required Material Provided:
Includes DVD.
Required Material Not Provided:
DVD Player required.
If you wish to supplement your home library, the following books are recommended:
Plant Propagation A to Z: Growing Plants for Free by Geoff Bryant, Firefly Books, 2006
Complete Guide to Water Garden Plants. by Helen Nash and Steve Stroupe, Sterling Publishing, 1998. (Note: Helen Nash has authored several excellent pond-related books.)
These books are not required for the course.
Other:
For more info:
Contact: Info
Phone: 519 824-4120,
Ext: 55000
E-mail: info@open.uoguelph.ca
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