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  • £160.00
     Man designing a garden

    Be Your Own Garden Designer – Design and Planting Principles

    £160.00 Amersham ALC
    20-Apr-2020
    (Weeks) 11
    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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  • £139.00
     Mood board for interior design

    Be Your Own Interior Designer for Beginners

    £139.00 Beaconsfield ALC
    06-Jan-2020
    (Weeks) 11
    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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  • £139.00
     Mood board for interior design

    Be Your Own Interior Designer for Improvers

    £139.00 Beaconsfield ALC
    20-Apr-2020
    (Weeks) 11
    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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  • £45.00
     Watering can and plants growing in soil

    Garden and Planting Design – Low Maintenance Workshop

    £45.00 Amersham ALC
    26-May-2020
    (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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  • £383.00
     Garden with tree blossom

    Garden Plants and Design

    £383.00 Amersham ALC
    23-Sep-2019
    (Weeks) 33
    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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  • £95.00
     Hands painting a gold picture frame with white paint

    Picture Framing – Gilding and Paint Effects Workshop

    £95.00 Amersham ALC
    16-May-2020
    (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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  • £383.00
     Group of people digging in vegetable patch

    Practical Gardening

    £383.00 Hughenden Manor
    25-Sep-2019
    (Weeks) 33
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? The course covers three 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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  • £383.00
     Group of people digging in vegetable patch

    Practical Gardening

    £383.00 Hughenden Manor
    23-Sep-2019
    (Weeks) 33
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? The course covers three 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
     Woman cutting flowers in a garden

    Summer Vegetables, Fruit and Cut Flower Gardening

    £46.00 Hughenden Manor
    22-Jul-2020
    (Weeks) 2
    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
     Woman painting a picture frame

    Upcycling Furniture using Paint and Simple Reupholster Techniques

    £50.00 Beaconsfield ALC
    09-May-2020
    (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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  • £48.00
     Two chest of drawers showing before and after painting

    Upcycling Painting Wooden Furniture Workshop

    £48.00 Highcrest ALC, High Wycombe
    02-May-2020
    (Weeks) 1
    Places
    Available
    What will I learn? This workshop is to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to upcycle wooden furniture using painted finishes. The workshop will cover how to prepare the furniture, types of tools and paints required to carry out the upcycling, how to apply paint, distressing the finish and applying a protective coating.During [...]
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  • £133.00
     Hammer, tape measure, spirit level covered in sawdust

    Woodwork for Beginners and Improvers

    £133.00 Grange School, Aylesbury
    22-Apr-2020
    (Weeks) 11
    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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  • £114.00
     Hammer, tape measure, spirit level covered in sawdust

    Woodwork for Beginners and Improvers

    £114.00 Queens Park Centre, Aylesbury
    02-Jun-2020
    (Weeks) 5
    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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  • £114.00
     Hammer, tape measure, spirit level covered in sawdust

    Woodwork for Beginners and Improvers

    £114.00 Queens Park Centre, Aylesbury
    27-Apr-2020
    (Weeks) 5
    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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