No Mow & No Dig Environmental Gardening

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LOCATION & START DATE
Duchy College Rosewarne - 25 April 2025
Duchy College Rosewarne - 2 May 2025
Duchy College Rosewarne - 23 May 2025
LEVEL
No Qualification Levels Explained
DURATION
1 Day, 09:30-16:15
LEARNING AREA
Horticulture, Floristry & Arboriculture Find out more
ATTENDANCE
Part-time

Course information

We all love our gardens and green spaces, and this course will help you to manage them in a sustainable way and to also increase biodiversity.

This 1-day course will help you to develop the knowledge and skills to environmentally plan no-mow garden areas and grow crops in no-dig spaces. Dispel some of the myths and get yourself gardening sustainably!

- The benefits of no-mow and no-dig gardening
- Planning and designing your no-mow garden
- Safe use of mowers in no-mow gardens
- Seed mixes for no-mow gardens
- Compost and growing medium types for no-dig gardening
- Planning your no-dig boarders and raised beds Safe use of equipment
- Planting out in no-dig raised beds and plant care and management

This is the perfect precursor to our Level 1 Award in horticulture skills or one of our Level 2 RHS courses.

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Course type Leisure and Professional

This course is free (dependent on eligibility). For individuals with an income over £32,000, there is a nominal fee - Tuition Fees: £9.00.
Financial support for ages 19+
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Course Code 10039-DRW-24, 13329-DRW-24, 13290-DRW-24

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No Mow & No Dig Environmental Gardening No Qualification Duchy College Rosewarne Gardening, Horticulture, Growing, Propagation, Sustainability