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  • £104.00

    Be Your Own Garden Designer – Design and Planting Principles

    £104.00 Amersham ALC
    29-Apr-2019
    (Weeks) 9
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This course aims to introduce you to the skills of landscape horticulture. It will enable you to work on your own designs and to create and maintain your own planting schemes.During the course you will cover:● Drawing techniques and plans● Choice of materials, plants, design layouts● Identify a range of garden [...]
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  • £63.00

    Be Your Own Interior Designer for Beginners

    £63.00 Beaconsfield ALC
    29-Apr-2019
    (Weeks) 5
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This course aims to provide learners with the techniques and product information required to plan their own interior schemes, making informed choices about colour, wall coverings, lighting schemes and window dressings.During the course learners will:● Explore the properties of colour and colour combinations● Consider how optical illusions can be used in [...]
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  • £63.00

    Be Your Own Interior Designer for Improvers

    £63.00 Beaconsfield ALC
    17-Jun-2019
    (Weeks) 5
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This course will expand your existing knowledge covered in part one and to begin to develop ideas by working on individual design briefs or a client brief.During the course you will cover:● Space planning using technical drawings● Window dressing and measuring for fabrics ● Fabrics and suitably ● Lighting plans ● [...]
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  • £36.00

    Garden and Planting Design – Low Maintenance Workshop

    £36.00 Amersham ALC
    28-May-2019
    (Weeks) 1
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? The course aims to help learners to choose the right plants to improve and re-design their gardens. During the course learners will consider:● Plant choices● Main elements of low maintenance garden design● Planting ideas to remove work● Ground cover planting and weed control● Drought, wind, pest and disease resistant planting. Is [...]
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  • £371.00

    Garden Plants and Design

    £371.00 Amersham ALC
    17-Sep-2018
    (Weeks) 32
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This course will introduce the wide range of plants used in gardens. It covers the practical growing conditions and structure of both familiar and unusual, garden plants. We will examine the relationships between plants and their use in the garden classification. We also look at their pruning, feeding and care. The [...]
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  • £44.00

    Grow Your Own Vegetables – Using Your Own Garden

    £44.00 Amersham ALC
    15-Jul-2019
    (Weeks) 3
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This course aims to introduce learners to some theoretical and practical aspects of fruit and vegetable gardening. It will increase their understanding of the subject and enable them to grow and harvest a wide range of fruit and vegetables from their garden or allotment. We also carry out some practical seed [...]
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  • £410.00

    Interior Design for the Home

    £410.00 Beaconsfield ALC
    18-Sep-2018
    (Weeks) 26
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This course aims to provide learners with the techniques and product information required to plan their own interior schemes, making informed choices about colour, wall coverings, lighting schemes and window dressings.We will then go on to look at in-depth planning including window dressing, lighting, heating and power, flooring, wall surfaces, model [...]
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  • £95.00

    Picture Framing – Gilding and Paint Effects Workshop

    £95.00 Amersham ALC
    18-May-2019
    (Weeks) 2
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This is an introduction to the art of gilding and using various paint effects on a wooden frame to compliment the subject being framed. Demonstration and individual help will be given. During the course learners will learn:● Types of woods and shapes that are suitable for gilding and paint effects● Outline [...]
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  • £371.00

    Practical Gardening

    £371.00 Hughenden Manor Study Centre
    17-Sep-2018
    (Weeks) 32
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? The course covers 3 main areas of practical gardening: ● Sustainable Kitchen Gardening● Plant Botany● Identification.During the course learners will cover:● The assessment and choice of sites for crops and ornamental plants● The organization of propagation of plants for a range of plants, including seeds, cuttings and grafting● After care of [...]
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  • £371.00

    Practical Gardening

    £371.00 Hughenden Manor Study Centre
    19-Sep-2018
    (Weeks) 32
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? The course covers 3 main areas of practical gardening: ● Sustainable Kitchen Gardening● Plant Botany● Identification.During the course learners will cover:● The assessment and choice of sites for crops and ornamental plants● The organization of propagation of plants for a range of plants, including seeds, cuttings and grafting● After care of [...]
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  • £46.00

    Summer Vegetables, Fruit and Cut Flower Gardening

    £46.00 Hughenden Manor Study Centre
    10-Jul-2019
    (Weeks) 4
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This course aims to provide the theoretical and practical aspects of Summer horticulture for enthusiastic gardeners. During the course, learners will learn how to identify and care for a variety of plants. By the end of the course you will be able to cultivate a range of fruit, vegetables and flowers. [...]
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  • £50.00

    Upcycling Furniture using Paint and Simple Reupholstery Techniques

    £50.00 Beaconsfield ALC
    11-May-2019
    (Weeks) 2
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? The course aims to show how several modern craft techniques and decorative finishing touches can be used to upcycle and update old everyday household items, making something old into something new and beautiful. Also included are ideas on how to market your items should you wish to. We will cover up [...]
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  • £95.00

    Upcycling Furniture using Paint and Simple Reupholstery Techniques

    £95.00 Beaconsfield ALC
    07-Jun-2019
    (Weeks) 5
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? The course aims to show how several modern craft techniques and decorative finishing touches can be used to upcycle and update old everyday household items, making something old into something new and beautiful. Also included are ideas on how to market your items should you wish to. We will cover up [...]
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  • £68.00

    Woodwork – Make a Flower Planter in a Day

    £68.00 Chiltern Wood Recycling Centre
    15-Jun-2019
    (Weeks) 1
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? The aim of this workshop is to provide you with some woodworking techniques and skills that you can use to make a garden planter. You will use a range of hand tools during the workshop and by the end of the day you will have made your own garden planter from [...]
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  • £46.00

    Woodwork – Painting Furniture

    £46.00 Chiltern Wood Recycling Centre
    18-May-2019
    (Weeks) 1
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to upcycle wooden furniture using different painted finishes. The workshop will cover how to prepare the furniture, types of tools and paints required to carry out the upcycling, how to make and use a stencil and how to finish the [...]
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  • £109.00

    Woodwork for Beginners and Improvers

    £109.00 Grange School, Aylesbury
    01-May-2019
    (Weeks) 9
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This course will improve your ability to work with wood under the guidance of the tutor.You will work on a project of your own choice, so that your own level of skill increases and you finish the course with a completed item. You will be encouraged and instructed in the use [...]
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