Course Description
Michael Marriott, one of the world's leading rose experts (and previously Head Rosarian at David Austin Roses for 35 years) teaches you how to plan, nurture, and grow a rose garden.
Choose Expert option to receive personal feedback from Michael in class.
Michael will teach you how to choose the right rose for your garden location, and advise on pruning roses, choosing roses for fragrance and colour combinations.
The rose is exceptional in the plant world and it can be grown in most climates. Whether you live in cold, hot or moderate climates – Michael will help you find the perfect rose to suit your garden.
Roses vary in size from tiny little plants a few centimetres tall to huge rambling roses growing into trees. Their flowers can be just a few millimetres across or 20cm or more and the number of petals range from four to 200. Rose fragrances are just as varied. So there's a variety of rose to suit every garden and green space.
Michael will took you through all types of roses from rose bushes to climbing roses and shrub roses, the difference in rose stems, and extending your rose flowering season. Plus he'll look at techniques to improve the disease resistance of your roses and how to feed your plants and encourage repeat flowering.
You'll learn:
- rose species and the breeding history of roses
- where to plant roses - from mixed with other plants in garden borders to a dedicated rose garden
- using roses to create garden features - including rose arches
- pruning roses
- breeding new rose varieties
The course includes:
- 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Michael Marriott
- lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class
- flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
- downloadable lesson notes
- practical rose gardening projects (with feedback available from Michael)
- access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
- small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas
Time to complete the growing roses course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 10 hours 10 minutes to complete including:
- Video lessons: 2 hours 10 minutes in total
- Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
- Your rose assignments: at least 1 hour per lesson
- Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
- Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson
You'll need:
You don't need any special equipment, or even your own garden or roses, but you will be planning a rose garden, thinking about where to plant roses and how roses can work in a garden with other plants. The course is suitable for gardeners at all levels - from new gardeners to professionals who want to learn from an expert in roses.
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Guy on your country garden designs.
If you know someone who'd love this course then give it as a gift - just tick "This is a gift" at the checkout.
Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.
CPD Accreditation
Course activity has been accredited by the CPD Standards Office (CPDSO). The course equates to 10 hours, 10 minutes of CPD learning.Course outline
The wonderful world of roses
How to use roses in the garden
Looking after roses and rose plants
Rose fragrances, rose breeding and commercial rose production
Back in school with pleasure! I definitely would have no chance studying with experts like this if it wasn't for Learning with Experts.
Ane
Choose how you want to learn
The Expert option
RecommendedDevelop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition from Michael Marriott
- Start course whenever you like
- 4 weeks tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- 4 assignments marked by Michael Marriott
- Certificate of completion and CPD hours
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 4 lessons with expert videos & notes
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$200The Peer option
Discover the benefits of group learning in an online interactive classroom of no more than 20 people. Get the most from shared knowledge and community study
- Start course whenever you like
- Practise what you learn with your peers
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 4 lessons with expert videos & notes
- 4 course assignments
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$75
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Gardening classroom - how it works
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Watch video tutorials led by expert tutors
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Practice what you learn with inspiring assignments
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Meet Michael Marriott
My first port of call for a Roses expert, is always Michael Marriott, the chief rosarian at David Austin Roses. He’s worked at the David Austin headquarters for 32 years.
I wanted to teach and share my knowledge through Learning with Experts to help share my passion for roses globally. I'm also keen to hear from you, wherever you are in the world. I look forward to seeing you in class.