MyGardenSchool is the world's first virtual gardening school.  It's an internet gardening school, where expert authors and horticulturalists impart their knowledge to gardening enthusiasts all over the world.  Distance learning courses in gardening or horticulture have traditionally been a bit hard going, and you get sent loads of paper to plough through on your own.  Boo :o(  But gardening is fun I hear you cry!  Well we agree, so have designed learning about gardening in the virtual classroom to be fun, inspiring and interactive!  You can take four week online gardening courses on all manner of topics gardening related including:

Natural Beekeeping for Gardeners.  This course by Phil-The-Barefoot-Beekeeper-Chandler, is the most acclaimed natural beekeeping course in the world.  It's genuinely fascinating (I didn't know much at all about bees until I did this one).  And Phil takes you step by step on a journey which includes even how to make your own hives.   Did you know there are well over 10,000 bees in one hive?  I didn't

The Edible Vegetable Garden.  This is one of my favourites.  It's taught by Alex Mitchell, who's a sparky gardening journalist and author from Greenwich.  Her little city garden is like a food paradise.  Alex grows the most beautiful fruit and veg all year round.  This course is especially good for you trendy city gardener types.  If you're into growing your own veg, but are a Londoner, New Yorker or Sydney gardener - this is perfect for you.  If you have a London allotment, (or indeed a New York allotment - are they called allotments in NYC?) - then this is also a good stop for you.  Good for you if you have a city allotment btw - they are hard to come by I believe. 

David Austin's How to Grow Roses Roses are possibly the most romantic, nostalgic, symbolic and in some ways beautiful flowers in the world.  They are certainly one of the most photographed flowers, and definitley the most English.  Yet in fact there are roses that grow in almost every climate and condition in the world.   What Michael Marriott doesn't know about roses, hasn't been invented yet.  Michael has been the lynchpin of David Austin Roses for over a quarter of a century. (sorry to make you feel old Michael!).  Michael spends a lot of time travelling, especially to help with some of the best rose gardens in Japan.  But luckily for us, he still finds time to teach his online roses course for MyGardenSchool. 

Design Your Room Outside, is the Ultimate Garden Design Course by Caroline Tilston.   This course is brilliant if you want to get a designer looking garden, but want to do it yourself.  Many garden design courses ironically don't have that designer feel about them but this one does.  It's actually quite empowering as you can create your own garden as if you'd hired a garden designer by the end of it.   Great for small city gardens as well as the larger more traditional country gardens


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