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The Science of Gardening
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survive within ecosystems that are part of the larger environment.
Our aim as gardeners is to promote the growth and flourishing
of our garden plants so that we can enjoy their beauty or their
taste or both. We do this through selection of the appropriate
plants for the site, good soil management and careful manipulation
of their growth. This course will give you a comprehensive understanding
of a plant's basic functions, its interaction with its surroundings
and its responses to changes in its environment. It will lead
to an understanding of the scientific basis for many of the
principles and practices of gardening.
Course Topics:
- Soil System
- Classes of soils found in Atlantic Canada
- Chemical and physical properties
- Organic Matter
- Soil Improvement
- Plant Physiology
- Photosynthesis
- Growth and development
- Nutrient absorption and transport
- Respiration
- Stress
- Plant Nutrition
- Macronutrients and micronutrients
- Fertilizers
- Nutrient availability
- Detecting nutrient deficiencies
- Plant Propagation
- Collection and germination of seed
- Micro propagation
- Vegetative propagation
Instructors
Carol Goodwin is an Associate Professor
in the Department of Environmental Science at NSAC. She teaches
subjects related to arboriculture, landscape management ,garden
history and garden design. Her research activity is in the area
of cultivation practices that affect tree health and longevity
as well as propagation and production of native plant species.
Sherry Chaisson is a
Teaching Technician in the Environmental Horticulture Program
with the Department of Environmental Sciences at NSAC. She has been actively involved as an instructor in Continuing
Education courses including Plant Identification and Horticultural
Therapy.
Lana Chisholm is a Program Instructor in
the Continuing Education Department at the NSAC. Since coming
to NSAC in 2002, she has worked on program development,
propagation protocols of ornamental perennials, coauthored a
manual on propagation and cultivation of native plants, and
developed content for the Master Gardeners’ Maintaining
the Garden and Art of Gardening courses. Lana is also the instructor
of NSAC’s horticulture program at the Nova Institution
for Women in Truro. She has a strng belief in the benefits of Horticulture Therapy. She became the teaching assistant for the
Master Gardener Program in 2006. Lana is the owner of a specialty
nursery that produces edible fruit and vegetable transplants as well as native plants.
Saturday mornings she can be found at the nursery’s booth
at the Truro Farmers’ Market.
Note: Registration deadline for March 2012 intake is
February 17, 2012
Course Details
| Technical Requirements:
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Click here for the Technical
Requirements Page |
| Tuition: |
$300.00 per course (includes $40.00 distance education
fee) |
| *Dates: |
January, March, October (courses will begin within the
1st week of these months)
The March enrollment will be an accelerated intake. Students
will have 4 months to complete a course when they choose
this enrollment date. |
| Application: |
Click here for the Course
Selection Form |
| Required Resources: |
Botany for Gardeners, Revised Edition.
By Brian Capon.
Publisher: Timber Press.
ISBN: 978-1-60469-095-8
Order Botany for Gardeners directly from the NSAC Bookstore
at (902) 893-6728 |
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