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Julie Kilpatrick is a lecturer in horticulture and editor of an online gardening magazine. She studied habitat surveying, and environment and development before running a landscape design and construction for several years. She later worked as a home composting advisor, helping local authorities to encourage and educate members of the public to compost their waste. She holds a TQFE (teaching qualification in further education).

Julie has taught horticulture in further education for over 17 years and specialises in horticultural practice and theory, as well as landscape design. She writes articles and edits guest posts for her online gardening magazine. She is the author of a book on the science behind horticulture and is working on her second book. She ...
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Fundamentals of Plant Science for Gardeners
5-6 hrs 3,263 learners
By Julie Kilpatrick
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Select physical characteristics of the main biological plant groups
  • Evaluate the development of land plants during stages of plant evolution
  • Explain the plant processes of photosynthesis, transpiration, respiration and translocation
  • Identify stages of plant growth and development
  • Recognise key parts of leaves, stems, flowers and seeds in flowering plants
  • Describe the actions commonly associated with the major plant hormones
  • Indicate ways in which plant growth regulators are used in horticulture
  • List the major factors limiting plant growth
  • Relate plant adaptations to certain environmental conditions
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Fundamentals of Plant Science for Gardeners
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Understanding and Improving Soils
4-5 hrs 2,071 learners
By Julie Kilpatrick
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define the five factors that influence the formation of soils
  • Describe how water moves through soils
  • Identify possible sources of organic matter for soils
  • Discuss the role of composting organisms in the composting process
  • Evaluate how soil horizons and soil profiles can affect the commercial uses of soils
  • Solve problems relating to soil texture, structure and soil pH
  • Describe different types of home composting
  • List materials that can be added to a composting system and those that cannot
  • Compare the advantages and disadvantages of hot and cold composting
  • Discuss the important role of soil life and soil organic matter
  • Explain how to test soil texture
  • Relate the three main types of soil texture to the behaviour of soils
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Understanding and Improving Soils
4-5 hrs
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