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Course Description

This course is an online, independent self-study course comprised of 8 modules. The course opens on May 1st, 2025.  Learners can register for the course anytime between May 1st, 2025 and October 31st, 2025, and will have access to the course until December 31st, 2025.  Learners can work at their own pace on or offline. 

 

Whether you are a home gardener looking to advance your skills or new to the gardening experience, this course has something for everyone. Activities throughout this course are geared towards anyone who wishes to produce vegetables organically for fresh consumption. Each module will take approximately 5 - 7 hours to complete.  The whole course will take up to 50 hours.  

Course Outline

  • Module 1: Garden Planning and Design
  • Module 2: Soil Health
  • Module 3: Plant Nutrition and Organic Techniques
  • Module 4: Garden Preparation
  • Module 5: Pest Control in the Garden
  • Module 6: Vegetable Maintenance, Harvest and Storage
  • Module 7: Composting

What You Will Learn

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

  • Identify your gardening goals and the process for planting and maintaining a home vegetable garden;
  • Assess the physical properties, nutrient status, and health of your garden;
  • Identify plant deficiencies and organic fertilizer amendments to add to your garden for healthy plant growth;
  • Establish a small vegetable garden using seeds and transplants;      
  • Control common insects and diseases in the vegetable; 
  • Maintain, harvest, and store produce from a small vegetable garden;
  • Make compost to help maintain a healthy soil and plant environment. 

Notes

This course is an online, independent self-study course. There is no instructor for this course. It is designed for learners to gain knowledge in growing an organic vegetable garden at home. Activities are provided in each module for the learner to work through on their own.  Answer keys are provided. Learners can register anytime between May 1st, 2025 and October 31st, 2025.  Learners will have until December 31st, 2025 to complete the course. Learners have the option to purchase a hard copy of the entire course at any point. If you have any questions about this course, please contact extended.learning@dal.ca. 

Recommended For

  • Those who are home gardeners, backyard gardeners, hobby gardeners. 
  • Those who are interested in increasing their knowledge in organic vegetable gardening.

This course is not developed to meet the needs of a grower who wishes to transition to certified organic agriculture production. 

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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Section Title
Organic Vegetable Gardener
Type
Online - Self-Paced
Dates
May 01, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Total Learning Hours
50.0
Instruction Delivery Method(s)
Online Self-Paced  
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $140.00
Section Fees
Organic Vegetable Gardener with course enrolment $120.00 Optional
Organic Vegetable Gardener $140.00 Optional
Section Notes

Registration closes October 31st, 2025. Learners have until December 31st, 2025 to complete the course. 

Learners are eligible for a refund if they formally withdraw within two weeks after registering for a course. The refund amount will be adjusted to include a non-refundable administrative fee of $50.00. After that two-week period, there are no course refunds. 

You have the option to purchase a hardcopy booklet of the entire course. Upon checking out, under "other fees", choose 'Organic Vegetable Gardener', to add the booklet to your cart, and you will receive it in the mail within 7 business days of ordering.

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