The Herb Garden

Specialist in herb growing and expert gardener Dr Rachel Petheram teaches you how and where to grow herbs, which herbs to grow, how to use herbs in food and floristry and how to design your own herb garden. Herbs are beautiful multi-functional plants that are easy to grow, can be grown in the smallest of spaces - from kitchen windowsills or container pots or raised beds in the garden and have many beneficial effects on our health and the health of our gardens. They look and taste fantastic and they are an easy and cost effective way to add interest to our garden and to our diets. They are forgiving tolerant plants that can survive in the most unlikely of containers, and given the right conditions will thrive in the smallest of spaces. They are the best plants to start off with if you are a beginner but also offer challenges for the seasoned gardener. They connect us with many traditions and cultures through millennia and offer interest to every gardener whether your interest is in food, wildlife, flower arranging, or purely ornamental growing, herbs have something to offer. This course will talk you through the multifunctional nature of herbs, how to grow them and how to look after them and will suggest some familiar and perhaps unfamiliar herbs to try. You'll learn: the history of herbs benefits of herbs on health how to use herbs in the garden, cooking and floristry where to grow your herbs how to create a herbal garden The course includes: 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Dr Rachel Petheram lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like downloadable lesson notes practical herb based projects (with tutor feedback available) access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas Time to complete the herb gardening course: Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 10 hours 20 minutes to complete including: Video lessons: 2 hours 20 minutes in total Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson Your herb projects: at least 1 hour per lesson Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson You'll need: You don't need any special equipment for this course - just an interest in herbs! But you will be researching herbs and thinking about how you could use them in the garden, your cooking and for medicinal purposes. The course is suitable for all levels of student - from gardeners who want to understand more about using herbs to cooks who want to include home-grown herbs in their dishes.