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ALFIE – Gardening at Home

  • BERKSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
  • ENTRY

Course Overview

This course provides a complete introduction to the practical skills and knowledge needed to cultivate a thriving garden in any home setting, from a small balcony to a small garden. Students will work on speaking and listening, retaining facts, how to be safe and improving fine motor skills whilst working with seeds and small plants and vegetables.

Course Code

FPEMAF05B0

Course Fee
Please contact us for more information
Start Time

10:00

End Time

12:00

End Date

Thu, 24 Jun 2027

Entry Requirements

You will need a keen interest in gardening and be happy spending time outside in all weathers. Students will have guided learning on differentiated leve...

Course information

This course provides a complete introduction to the practical skills and knowledge needed to cultivate a thriving garden in any home setting, from a small balcony to a small garden. Students will work on speaking and listening, retaining facts, how to be safe and improving fine motor skills whilst working with seeds and small plants and vegetables.

36 weeks from September 2026 to June 2027

These topics will be taught using practical work together with classroom based learning.

Students will all follow a Learning Criteria delivered over the year, assessments will be through tutor lead practical classroom based activities and observations in class.

This is a non regulated funded provision and there is no formal qualification at the end of the course.

All of our courses are aimed to support students develop their employability skills and life skills. Where courses are set a different levels you may which to progress onto the higher level the following year.

Entry Level

You must be happy to spend time outside in all weathers.