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Indoor Plants: Care and Maintenance

Course Description

An introduction to the fundamentals of growing plants indoors. Learn how to identify your unique indoor environment, how to choose appropriate and healthy plants, and how to create a maintenance schedule for plant success. Elective course in the horticulture certificate.

What You Can Learn

• How to successfully grow plants indoors
  • Recognize your personal indoor environments and learn to choose appropriate plants for that environment
  • Explore the specific environmental requirements of over 50 indoor plants
  • Discuss watering, pruning, fertilizing, and lighting methods
  • Identify common plant diseases and pests in the indoor environment
  • Identify and name over 50 different plants suitable for indoors

About This Course

Plants add color, texture, and warmth to indoor spaces. They improve air quality and add a natural and living element to a room's design. Whether you are looking to expand your indoor plant collection, just getting started with your first plant, or looking for answers to your many plant problems, this course focuses on the fundamental aspects of growing plants indoors.

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Horticulture Certificate

The Horticulture Certificate provides students with the foundational science behind maintaining plants and their environment. This program may be completed 100% online. Take your love of plants and turn it into a career.

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