Creating Herb Gardens

This is an IEAC Accredited Course to help you learn and understand how to create Herb Gardens.

Herb gardening is one of the most accessible, rewarding, and versatile forms of horticulture. Whether you’re an aspiring gardener, a culinary enthusiast, or someone simply drawn to the beauty and practicality of growing your own plants, this comprehensive foundation course provides everything you need to design, plant, and maintain a flourishing herb garden from the ground up.

You will learn to identify and grow both culinary and medicinal herbs, understand soil essentials, master propagation techniques, and create seasonal maintenance routines for year-round harvests. With an emphasis on practical, nature-friendly gardening, the course also explores companion planting, organic pest control, and harvesting methods that maximise flavour and potency.

By the end of this course, you will have the skills and confidence to design your own herb garden, select the right plants for your climate, and incorporate home-grown herbs into everyday life; whether for cooking, natural remedies, crafting, or simply enjoying a more sustainable lifestyle.

There is a final assessment that can be undertaken at any time, day or night; and you will be awarded a coveted: IEAC (International Education Accreditation Council) Certificate, which will have your name on it, including full course details.

THE LESSONS IN THIS COURSE COVER THE FOLLOWING:

Lesson 1: GROWING HERBS

• Growing healthy herbs
• Getting started
• Propagation
• Propagating plants from seed

Lesson 2: SOILS & POTTING MIXES

• What herbs to grow in what soils
• Composting
• Worms
• Composting – the aerobic method

Lesson 3: ORGANIC GARDENING WITH HERBS

• Organic fertilisers
• Other organic materials
• Companion planting
• Plants which improve the soil
• How to make a no-dig garden
• Natural gardening

Lesson 4: HERB CULTURE

• Mulching
• Feeding herbs
• Planting
• Watering herbs
• Protection
• Safe pest & disease control
• Allowable organic inputs
• Natural pest and disease control

Lesson 5: LANDSCAPING WITH HERBS

• Using herbs with other plants
• Plan your herb garden
• What to plant where (planting design)
• How many herbs do I grow?
• Keeping herbs apart
• Herbs to fill gaps and tricky spots in your garden
• Ideas of how to plant your herbs
• Topiary
• Hedges
• Principles of Landscaping Design

Lesson 6: HERBS FOR DIFFERENT GARDEN STYLES

• Some types of herb gardens
• Creating a formal herb garden
• Simple formal gardens
• Herbs for a rockery
• How to build a rockery
• Xeriscape

Lesson 7: COLOURFUL AND FRAGRANT HERB GARDENS

• Lemon scented herb garden
• Creating a sensory garden with herbs
• Scented plants – Creating a scented garden

Lesson 8: CHOOSING HERBS FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

• Choosing Different Colours
• Drought-Resistant Herbs
• Very Drought-Resistant Herbs
• Herbs Which Grow in Wet Soils
• Groundcovers
• Climbers
• Narrow Leaves (Monocotyledons)
• Trees
• Herbs Which Grow in Tropical Conditions
• Spicy Scented Herbs
• Earthy Scented Herbs
• Floral Scented Herbs
• Herbs for Hedges
• Herbs to Grow in Shade in Tropical Areas
• Hardy Herbs for Different Situations
• Fast-growing, Low Herbs
• Herbs That Can Be Planted in Summer
• Choosing colours

Lesson 9: GROWING HERBS IN CONTAINERS

• Caring for herbs in containers
• Choosing the right container
• Choosing baskets
• Choosing pots
• Potting mixes
• Maintenance
• Herbs as indoor plants
• How to make a garden in containers

Lesson 10: GREEN WALLS WITH HERBS

• What is a vertical garden?
• A vertical garden structure
• Growing herbs for green walls in containers
• Choosing the right herbs

FINAL ASSESSMENT

HOW OUR COURSES WORK:

•    Enrol any time of day or night.
•    Start studying immediately or later (as you wish).
•    Upon enrolment, you will receive an email containing your “Username” and “Password”
•    Help desk – Contact us via email: info@homestudy.co.uk or call: + 44 (0) 1227 789 649
•    There are automated self-assessment tests at the end of each lesson.
•    At the end of the whole course, you are presented with an automated examination.
•    Gain a 60% pass and receive an: IEAC (International Education Accreditation Council) Certificate.