Horticulture and Landscaping Distance Learning: your comments pls!

Hi all,
I've been on and off the forum, but for some time now I was thinking of setting 'a system to this madness' and enrolling for some training about gardens.

Can I get your opinions about this course, is there any similar experience on the forum?
Would you recommend any alternatives?

http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Lan...URE-LANDSCAPING-GARDEN-DESIGN-VHT002-187.aspx

Thank you!

 

Thanks, Loofah, for alerting me!
Hm, I checked the phone number prefixes, it really didn't occur to me to do that before reading the contents of the course...

What I need is a more structured approach to my gardening 'experience', there's nothing about getting a job (I have one .) I will check if specialised Bulgarian universities could not offer any similar trainings, it'll be much cheaper, but I reserve for myself the right to ask you questions.

Moreover, I'm involved in a media project here in Bulgaria, which will potentially offer translation jobs about plants and gardening. I feel like I have to build a more solid foundation of knowledge on the subject and 'brush up' my terminology in both languages. I also have to develop something like a database of linguistic correspondences, in a thematically organised way.

In a training, where I would be faced with some theoretical input from teachers, I will also get practical assignments... I think it will be useful.
And I'm genuinely interested.

 

I found this Angelina,

http://www.warwickshire.ac.uk/pdf/wc RHS A5 4pp low res.pdf

Don't know if thats of any interest

 

I went on a distance learning course in 2005 for garden deign. I felt it was a bit too easy for me and not really that challenging. Here's a link to it.

http://www.inst.org/gd/become.htm

With landscaping you can't really beat doing it hands on like Loofah said. I think Writtle College do short term courses on landscaping. Would that be a problem to take time off to take them in the UK?

 

Ziggy, you're an asset! I loved this RHS leaflet. This will be it!
And by the way,:hpybtd:
Thak you for all your kindness!

I am Bulgarian, actually. English is a foreign language to me and using it as 'a medium of instruction' for specialised studies will be a bit challenging. The English pronunciation of Latin names will be the most fun, I guess.

Jungle Jane, I will check your suggestion too.
It's great to hear someone talking from experience.

 

Cheers Angelina

Glad that helps. The RHS is well respected.

You can pronounce Latin anyway you like as its a dead language.

 

Just to say that I enrolled successfully...


The course comprises two shorter units on Plant growth, development and propagation (1) and Principles of garden planning (2) which are offered as separate courses, but I chose a combination of both. Now, it will most likely take me three years to complete (this is what the Study Guide says).

Everything works fine for now, the materials, the online tuturs. I love the idea of learning some content and submitting assignments, makes me feel 17...

At a first glance, it doesn't seem to be easy, it's a lot of reading! The first module I received is focused mainly on botany and taxonomy, quite detailed. Plus some supplementary articles. And a list of recommended books (to keep me going for the rest of my life...)

Thanks Ziggy!

 

Good luck with the course Angelina, those three years will go quicker than you think!

 

Are you able to sit the exams in Bulgaria?