Combined Urban and Zen Gardening Certificate

Combined Urban and Zen Gardening Certificate Course

Gardening is an excellent way to exercise the mind and body. It can also help uplift your mood, lower the likelihood of depression and ease stress. Homegrown flowers and plants can be incorporated into your life in many ways. They are decorative, can be edible and bring a space to life. Our insightful online gardening certificate can give you all the information you need to grow a garden in an urban area. Once you complete the course on Urban and Zen gardening, you will be able to grow a garden from scratch, maintain and expand it over time. Our course is comprehensive and easy to follow. 

Our online course covers every aspect of urban and zen gardening, including choosing the soil, seeds, watering techniques, selecting the right venue and so on. Once you complete the course, you will be able to grow a garden according to your requirements and preferences. 

What You Will Learn:

  • How to determine the right tools, supplies and location for your garden 
  • Understanding the different types of plants, including annuals and perennials, and determining the amount of sunlight that your plant gets 
  • Soil preparation, watering, fertilisers, and suitable urban plants 
  • How to preserve fruits and vegetables to prepare compost for your garden 
  • How to transplant plants and tackle pests, weeds, bugs and insects 
  • The technique to dry flowers and extract seeds 

Benefits of Taking the Course: 

  • You can use your gardening skills to develop your own urban garden to suit your needs 
  • You can indulge in gardening as a constructive way to de-stress after a hard day’s work 
  • You can use your gardening hobby to help you make positive use of your leisure time and weekends 
  • You can train other people to use urban gardening techniques and ideas  

 

This course includes

24/7 Student Support

End of course certification

Lifetime access to your course

Compatible with modern devices

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!

This is a bundle course, and contains the following courses:

Urban Gardening Certificate Course

This Urban Gardening course is designed to give you all the information you need to start a garden in an urban area.

Upon completing the course, not only will you be ready to create a garden from scratch, you will know how to keep up and expand your garden year after year.

This course includes everything from choosing a location for your urban garden to collecting seeds from your garden for the following years. We have created this course to ensure that you understand what creating an urban garden entails and how to care for the garden you create.

The course is online and provides you with a convenient way to study the course material when it is most convenient for your schedule. Students who take the course still have time to continue working.

You will have access to the urban garden course material from your computer or any mobile device with internet access. We also offer access to online support 24/7.

When you complete the course, you will obtain a course certificate, which proves that you have successfully completed the Urban Gardening course. You can download the certificate from home, or we can post it to you for a fee.

What You Will Learn

We created this Urban Gardening course to offer students a full overview of how to create an urban garden. When you complete the course, you will be ready to create an urban garden of your own.

The course covers the following information:

  • A history of urban gardening
  • Choosing the right location for your urban garden
  • Determining how much sun your garden gets
  • The tools and supplies you need for your garden
  • Understanding plant hardiness
  • The difference between annuals and perennials
  • Creating a budget for your garden
  • Appropriate plants for urban gardens
  • Preparing the soil for an urban garden
  • Crop rotation
  • Watering and fertilising
  • Tackling weeds, pests and disease
  • How to transplant plants
  • Creating compost for your urban garden
  • Preserving fruits and veg
  • Drying flowers and collecting seeds

Benefits of the Urban Gardening Certificate

When you begin your study of this Urban Gardening course, you will find the following benefits:

  • The ability to study wherever you wish at any time. Study from home, from a park, a restaurant or anywhere there is internet access.
  • There is no time limit, so you can study at your own pace. You can finish the course in days, weeks or even months.
  • Study from any internet-enabled device. This includes mobiles, tablets and computers.
  • Easy to understand course that is divided into digestible modules. This makes studying an enjoyable experience.
  • Access to support online, which helps you to continue to stay on track as you work through the course.
  • Course training that is all-inclusive; worksheets, activities and quizzes help to keep you on track.
  • Improve your odds of success when starting an urban garden.
  • Earning a recognised certificate upon completion of the course.
  • Affordable material.

Zen Gardening Certificate Course

We have created this Zen Gardening course to give students all the information they require to build and care for a Zen garden.

When you complete this course, you will know all you need to know about creating a Zen garden as well as how to keep it up over the years. The course contains topics ranging from understanding Zen and Buddhism to general garden maintenance and pest control.

We have worked to ensure that this course allows you to create a Zen garden that you will love, and one that you can care for year after year. The course is totally online and offers students a convenient way to work through the course material that works best for their personal schedules. Students can continue to work full time while taking the course.

By taking the Zen Gardening course, you will have access to the course materials from any internet-enabled device, including mobile phones, computers and tablets.

You can also access our online support feature day or night. When the course is completed, you will get a course certificate to show the successful completion of the course. The certificate can be downloaded and printed from home, or you can pay a small fee, and we can post it to you.

What You Will Learn

When this course is completed, you can easily create a Zen garden on your property. This course includes the following:

  • A history of Zen gardening
  • Understanding Zen
  • What makes a garden Zen
  • How Zen gardens create harmony
  • Understanding the different elements of a Zen garden
  • How yin and yang affect a Zen garden
  • Understanding symbolism in a Zen garden
  • Gravel in a Zen garden
  • Creating a budget for a Zen garden
  • Planning for a Zen garden
  • Using Feng Shui in a Zen garden
  • Laying a foundation for your Zen garden
  • Putting plants in a Zen garden
  • Symbolism in a Zen garden
  • Water features in a Zen garden
  • Tools required for a Zen garden
  • Raking and maintaining a Zen garden

Benefits of the Zen Gardening Certificate

As you begin studying this Zen Gardening course, you will experience the following:

  • The chance to study anywhere you wish, 24/7. You can study from anywhere that has an internet connection.
  • No set time limit. This allows you to study when it is convenient for you. You can take days, weeks or months to complete the course.
  • Study from any device with an internet connection, including tablets, mobiles and computers.
  • An easy to understand course format that is divided into short modules. This keeps the study experience enjoyable.
  • Online support that is accessible 24/7. This helps you to stay on track.
  • Course training that includes activities, quizzes and worksheets.
  • Your odds of success are improved when you create your own Zen garden.
  • Earning a recognised certificate when finishing the course.
  • Affordable course material.
ID: YDFT67YHJ
certificate

of achievement

This certificate is presented to

Your Name

NSA

For completing the

Combined Urban and Zen Gardening Certificate

on 21st November 2026

Selena Hurford

Selena Hurford

Course Tutor

cpd

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Head of Academy

Certificate Example

Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.

The course is broken down into 0 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.

You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!

Once you have completed all 0 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 0 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

The pass mark for the test is 70%.

If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.

You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.

You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.

We estimate that the course will take about 16 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.

I was extremely worried at first that it wouldn’t be what I want in a course but the course is honestly absolutely amazing! It’s made to be really enjoyable, fun and easy to complete and best of all in your own time.

I could not recommend New Skills Academy any more! It’s now gave me something more to put on to my CV and get my career started in the area I’d love to be in for the rest of my life. Thank you so much for helping me reach my goals and achieve my dreams!

I’ve recommended to all of my friends and would also recommend to anyone looking into doing a course. Go for it you won’t regret it!

Helen Buckwell

I have a BA in Creative Writing, and I learned a lot from this course on the specifics of writing fantasy. With interesting subject matter and a worksheets that you can adapt for future writing, this course was absolutely worth the investment. It also allowed me to develop my teaching CV through its accredited certificate. I am looking forwards to incorporating some of the things I learned through the Fantasy Writing course in to my curriculum and classroom activities. If you have an interest in writing, or if you are an English teacher too, this series of courses are absolutely worth investing in.

Stephanie Gallon

Great course lots to learn and apply very informative, as a pharmacy assistant this course has given me more knowledge and confidence to provide great services to my customers.

Assignments were easy to follow and I would recommend anyone to study a course at New Skills Academy as you can do them in your own time.

Having a certificate not only boosts my confidence, but also shows my employers that i have learnt new skills and have gained more information that is useful for my area of work.

Thanks very much New Skills Academy, I will study with you again!

Shane Hills

I undertook the Data Protection Certificate course in May 2017. I found the course to have a very in depth amount of detail on Data Protection and the law and legislation around it. It also went into detail on the new Data Protection Act coming in 2018.

I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a course with value for money and also to bulk up their knowledge and perhaps perusing a career in IT or security. The course is audited and comes with a certificate on completion which you are able to print yourself or have one sent out to you for a small fee.

Mason Malin

Excellent course that not only gives me the elements to know about my interest but helps me to refresh my previous knowledge about it and about all that is related to. I feel prepared to continue studying at the end of it, and I now work with animals as a volunteer.

I am happy to recommend to every person that wants to continue studying or would simply like to know more about pets. I don’t have much time to go to a class or can’t because of work.

Marvellous experience, and the help of the staff through email were great!

Silvia Esther Basik

I was very pleased to find a course online which suited both my financial and learning needs.

Really enjoyed the course and would like to take this further. I would recommend this course and found it good value. There is a lack of this type of course available in any colleges in Scotland.

The course has given me motivation to learn and research online about different breads of dogs and their care. I enjoyed the videos attached to the course which were very detailed and easy to follow. I have since purchased the brushes and tools recommended and have had a chance to put into practice what I have learned.

Margaret Whitehead

Duration:
16 hours

Access:
Lifetime Access

Approved by:
CPD

Learning Type:


Text based modules  Images  MP3 audio lessons 

Cost:
$80.00

Combined Urban and Zen Gardening Certificate Course

Gardening is an excellent way to exercise the mind and body. It can also help uplift your mood, lower the likelihood of depression and ease stress. Homegrown flowers and plants can be incorporated into your life in many ways. They are decorative, can be edible and bring a space to life. Our insightful online gardening certificate can give you all the information you need to grow a garden in an urban area. Once you complete the course on Urban and Zen gardening, you will be able to grow a garden from scratch, maintain and expand it over time. Our course is comprehensive and easy to follow. 

Our online course covers every aspect of urban and zen gardening, including choosing the soil, seeds, watering techniques, selecting the right venue and so on. Once you complete the course, you will be able to grow a garden according to your requirements and preferences. 

What You Will Learn:

  • How to determine the right tools, supplies and location for your garden 
  • Understanding the different types of plants, including annuals and perennials, and determining the amount of sunlight that your plant gets 
  • Soil preparation, watering, fertilisers, and suitable urban plants 
  • How to preserve fruits and vegetables to prepare compost for your garden 
  • How to transplant plants and tackle pests, weeds, bugs and insects 
  • The technique to dry flowers and extract seeds 

Benefits of Taking the Course: 

  • You can use your gardening skills to develop your own urban garden to suit your needs 
  • You can indulge in gardening as a constructive way to de-stress after a hard day’s work 
  • You can use your gardening hobby to help you make positive use of your leisure time and weekends 
  • You can train other people to use urban gardening techniques and ideas  

 

This course includes

24/7 Student Support

End of course certification

Lifetime access to your course

Compatible with modern devices

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!

This is a bundle course, and contains the following courses:

Urban Gardening Certificate Course

This Urban Gardening course is designed to give you all the information you need to start a garden in an urban area.

Upon completing the course, not only will you be ready to create a garden from scratch, you will know how to keep up and expand your garden year after year.

This course includes everything from choosing a location for your urban garden to collecting seeds from your garden for the following years. We have created this course to ensure that you understand what creating an urban garden entails and how to care for the garden you create.

The course is online and provides you with a convenient way to study the course material when it is most convenient for your schedule. Students who take the course still have time to continue working.

You will have access to the urban garden course material from your computer or any mobile device with internet access. We also offer access to online support 24/7.

When you complete the course, you will obtain a course certificate, which proves that you have successfully completed the Urban Gardening course. You can download the certificate from home, or we can post it to you for a fee.

What You Will Learn

We created this Urban Gardening course to offer students a full overview of how to create an urban garden. When you complete the course, you will be ready to create an urban garden of your own.

The course covers the following information:

  • A history of urban gardening
  • Choosing the right location for your urban garden
  • Determining how much sun your garden gets
  • The tools and supplies you need for your garden
  • Understanding plant hardiness
  • The difference between annuals and perennials
  • Creating a budget for your garden
  • Appropriate plants for urban gardens
  • Preparing the soil for an urban garden
  • Crop rotation
  • Watering and fertilising
  • Tackling weeds, pests and disease
  • How to transplant plants
  • Creating compost for your urban garden
  • Preserving fruits and veg
  • Drying flowers and collecting seeds

Benefits of the Urban Gardening Certificate

When you begin your study of this Urban Gardening course, you will find the following benefits:

  • The ability to study wherever you wish at any time. Study from home, from a park, a restaurant or anywhere there is internet access.
  • There is no time limit, so you can study at your own pace. You can finish the course in days, weeks or even months.
  • Study from any internet-enabled device. This includes mobiles, tablets and computers.
  • Easy to understand course that is divided into digestible modules. This makes studying an enjoyable experience.
  • Access to support online, which helps you to continue to stay on track as you work through the course.
  • Course training that is all-inclusive; worksheets, activities and quizzes help to keep you on track.
  • Improve your odds of success when starting an urban garden.
  • Earning a recognised certificate upon completion of the course.
  • Affordable material.

Zen Gardening Certificate Course

We have created this Zen Gardening course to give students all the information they require to build and care for a Zen garden.

When you complete this course, you will know all you need to know about creating a Zen garden as well as how to keep it up over the years. The course contains topics ranging from understanding Zen and Buddhism to general garden maintenance and pest control.

We have worked to ensure that this course allows you to create a Zen garden that you will love, and one that you can care for year after year. The course is totally online and offers students a convenient way to work through the course material that works best for their personal schedules. Students can continue to work full time while taking the course.

By taking the Zen Gardening course, you will have access to the course materials from any internet-enabled device, including mobile phones, computers and tablets.

You can also access our online support feature day or night. When the course is completed, you will get a course certificate to show the successful completion of the course. The certificate can be downloaded and printed from home, or you can pay a small fee, and we can post it to you.

What You Will Learn

When this course is completed, you can easily create a Zen garden on your property. This course includes the following:

  • A history of Zen gardening
  • Understanding Zen
  • What makes a garden Zen
  • How Zen gardens create harmony
  • Understanding the different elements of a Zen garden
  • How yin and yang affect a Zen garden
  • Understanding symbolism in a Zen garden
  • Gravel in a Zen garden
  • Creating a budget for a Zen garden
  • Planning for a Zen garden
  • Using Feng Shui in a Zen garden
  • Laying a foundation for your Zen garden
  • Putting plants in a Zen garden
  • Symbolism in a Zen garden
  • Water features in a Zen garden
  • Tools required for a Zen garden
  • Raking and maintaining a Zen garden

Benefits of the Zen Gardening Certificate

As you begin studying this Zen Gardening course, you will experience the following:

  • The chance to study anywhere you wish, 24/7. You can study from anywhere that has an internet connection.
  • No set time limit. This allows you to study when it is convenient for you. You can take days, weeks or months to complete the course.
  • Study from any device with an internet connection, including tablets, mobiles and computers.
  • An easy to understand course format that is divided into short modules. This keeps the study experience enjoyable.
  • Online support that is accessible 24/7. This helps you to stay on track.
  • Course training that includes activities, quizzes and worksheets.
  • Your odds of success are improved when you create your own Zen garden.
  • Earning a recognised certificate when finishing the course.
  • Affordable course material.
ID: YDFT67YHJ
certificate

of achievement

This certificate is presented to

Your Name

NSA

For completing the

Combined Urban and Zen Gardening Certificate

on 21st November 2026

Selena Hurford

Selena Hurford

Course Tutor

cpd

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Head of Academy

Certificate Example

Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.

The course is broken down into 0 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.

You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!

Once you have completed all 0 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 0 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

The pass mark for the test is 70%.

If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.

You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.

You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.

We estimate that the course will take about 16 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.

I was extremely worried at first that it wouldn’t be what I want in a course but the course is honestly absolutely amazing! It’s made to be really enjoyable, fun and easy to complete and best of all in your own time.

I could not recommend New Skills Academy any more! It’s now gave me something more to put on to my CV and get my career started in the area I’d love to be in for the rest of my life. Thank you so much for helping me reach my goals and achieve my dreams!

I’ve recommended to all of my friends and would also recommend to anyone looking into doing a course. Go for it you won’t regret it!

Helen Buckwell

I have a BA in Creative Writing, and I learned a lot from this course on the specifics of writing fantasy. With interesting subject matter and a worksheets that you can adapt for future writing, this course was absolutely worth the investment. It also allowed me to develop my teaching CV through its accredited certificate. I am looking forwards to incorporating some of the things I learned through the Fantasy Writing course in to my curriculum and classroom activities. If you have an interest in writing, or if you are an English teacher too, this series of courses are absolutely worth investing in.

Stephanie Gallon

Great course lots to learn and apply very informative, as a pharmacy assistant this course has given me more knowledge and confidence to provide great services to my customers.

Assignments were easy to follow and I would recommend anyone to study a course at New Skills Academy as you can do them in your own time.

Having a certificate not only boosts my confidence, but also shows my employers that i have learnt new skills and have gained more information that is useful for my area of work.

Thanks very much New Skills Academy, I will study with you again!

Shane Hills

I undertook the Data Protection Certificate course in May 2017. I found the course to have a very in depth amount of detail on Data Protection and the law and legislation around it. It also went into detail on the new Data Protection Act coming in 2018.

I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a course with value for money and also to bulk up their knowledge and perhaps perusing a career in IT or security. The course is audited and comes with a certificate on completion which you are able to print yourself or have one sent out to you for a small fee.

Mason Malin

Excellent course that not only gives me the elements to know about my interest but helps me to refresh my previous knowledge about it and about all that is related to. I feel prepared to continue studying at the end of it, and I now work with animals as a volunteer.

I am happy to recommend to every person that wants to continue studying or would simply like to know more about pets. I don’t have much time to go to a class or can’t because of work.

Marvellous experience, and the help of the staff through email were great!

Silvia Esther Basik

I was very pleased to find a course online which suited both my financial and learning needs.

Really enjoyed the course and would like to take this further. I would recommend this course and found it good value. There is a lack of this type of course available in any colleges in Scotland.

The course has given me motivation to learn and research online about different breads of dogs and their care. I enjoyed the videos attached to the course which were very detailed and easy to follow. I have since purchased the brushes and tools recommended and have had a chance to put into practice what I have learned.

Margaret Whitehead

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