Gardening basics for beginners

Name: Gardening basics for beginners
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This course is about creating flower beds and mixborders in some simple steps. All video tutorials with subtitles

Created byOlga Prokopova

Last updated 6/2022

English

What you'll learn

This course is about creating flower beds and mixborders in some simple steps
The course will be useful for experienced and novice gardeners
It contains not only the theoretical foundations of landscape design and gardening, but also my practical experience of more than 10 years of design and practic
The course will be useful to everyone - it is structured and allows you to create beautiful, harmonious and a low-maintenance garden compositions
All video tutorials with subtitles in English

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 4h 36m total length

Lesson № 1. Layout Basics27:38
In the first lesson we will find out what is:
Layout
Foreshortening
Why you need to know the topography of the plot
What is the microclimate of a plot
We will learn how to choose viewpoints so that a flower garden or a mixborder looks the most advantageous
Make a scheme of the plot
Make a plan of the mixboard in scale
Lesson 2. General rules of composition and colorism in garden design18:24
In this lesson you’ll learn:
How the shape of a plant affects visual perception
How to apply the principles of composition to create your landscape masterpieces
The influence of color and light on the impression of landscape composition
On contrasting and nuanced color combinations
Lesson 3. An assortment of plants for a low-maintenance garden44:42
In this lesson you’ll:
Learn the range of perennials that can be used in a low-maintenance garden
Learn a scheme of how to easily select plants for a particular plot
Lesson 4. Perennial herbaceous plants for a low-maintenance garden42:12
In this lesson you’ll:
Learn the range of perennials that can be used in a low-maintenance garden
Learn a scheme of how to easily select plants for a particular plot
Lesson 5. Hedge17:38
We’ll learn all about hedges and the subtleties of their arrangement:
What types there are
How to choose plants
When to plant
How to prepare the soil
How to plant
How to take care of a hedge
Lesson 6. ALPINARIUM25:49
In this lesson you’ll learn:
What types of rock gardens there are
How to choose a place for a alpinarium
What plants are suitable for a alpinarium
Methods of construction and proper soil preparation
How to plant the plants
How to take care of the plants after planting
Lesson 7. Layout of a mixborder. Rules of selection and combination of plants29:22
In this lesson you’ll learn:

What is a mixborder and its benefits

What is important to pay attention to before you start planning

How to place plants in a mixborder

What principles to use to select plants so that they work together and grow for years to come

How to make a list of plants to buy
Lesson 8. Flower garden layout. Rules of selection and combination of plants34:25
In this lesson you’ll learn:
What types of flower gardens are available;
Advantages of flower gardens;
How to create a low-maintenance flower garden;
How to choose reliable plants that will please for many years;
How to select plants so that they emphasize the pros and hide the cons of each other;
What flower combinations are better to use;
Lesson 9. Analysis of a garden composition21:56
In this lesson, using the example of the analysis of the already existing compositions of different sizes - for a small and for a large plots – you’ll learn:
How to analyze a finished mixborder
How to identify its main and additional elements
What points were not considered when planting - shortcomings of the mixborder
How to assess it in relation to the rest of the garden, how it fits into the surrounding landscape
Lesson 10. Step-by-step mixborder creation14:24
In this lesson you’ll learn:
What is a mixborder and its benefits
What is important to pay attention to before you start planning
How to place plants in a mixborder
What principles to use to select plants so that they work together and grow for years to come
How to make a list of plants to buy

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Description

Welcome to the course " Gardening basics for beginners"
This course is about creating flower beds and mixborders in some simple steps. The course will be useful for experienced and novice gardeners. It contains not only the theoretical foundations of landscape design and gardening, but also my practical experience of more than 10 years of design and practical gardening. The course will be useful to everyone - it is structured and allows you to create beautiful, harmonious and a low-maintenance garden compositions.

The course was created myself and it contains my knowledge and experience for 10 years. In my garden, I planted almost all possible plants and applied all the techniques that I came across in different sources. Now I have come to a low-maintenance garden, I prefer to choose of the plants that will require a minimum of care, but at the same time look beautiful.

I hope my experience and knowledge will be useful to you.

Once I myself was looking for something similar when I grew my garden.

In my opinion, the design should be functional first. I am always using this principle when I creating my own landscape projects.

Although we know that gardening is not for the lazy, the gardener's time is often limited. Therefore, it is worth planning landscape compositions so that their care is minimized.

Creating a beautiful and easy-care flower garden or mixborder depends a lot on how well thought out its layout is. A correctly drawn up plan allows you to effectively use the entire available area and plants so that the composition is not only beautiful, but also this area is convenient to process. The correct layout avoids a lot of ongoing work - you just need to select the appropriate plants and tie them in the right places.

Who this course is for:

Beginers gardeners