COURSE DESCRIPTION This course teaches how to select, install, and maintain indoor plants, covering design, containers, watering systems, pest management, and air quality, enabling learners to create healthy, attractive, and sustainable indoor environments in homes or commercial spaces.   WHAT THE COURSE COVERS – 7 LESSONS Lesson 1 Introduction  Psychological and physical benefits of plants  Where indoor plants are used  Considerations when introducing indoor plants  Groups of indoor plants  Lesson 2 Ways of Growing Plants Inside  Containers and growing systems for indoor plants  Planters, pots or tubs  Problems with containers  Hanging baskets, hanging pots, wall baskets and planter boxes  Atriums and terrariums  Green walls  Tower gardens  Systems used for indoor plant installations  Water and watering  Watering systems  Fertigation  Potting media  Lesson 3  Planning and Installation  Formulating a design approach  Design  Placing container plants  How to use colour with indoor plants  Principles of design  Design elements  Evaluating a building  Choosing the system  Environmental controls/improvements  Choosing the plants and conditioning them  Conditioning plants for indoors  Providing drainage Installation techniques  Installing baskets and hanging pots Installing window boxes Atriums  Terrariums  Placing container plants  How to use colour with indoor plants  Mixing colours  Walls  Mirrors  Lesson 4   General Maintenance of Indoor Plants  General care  Maintenance of hanging baskets  Maintaining a terrarium  General maintenance tasks for vertical gardens  Water movement from soils to roots  Understanding soil and potting mix  Lesson 5   Pest and Disease Management  Identifying problems Maintaining plant health  Symptoms and diagnosis  Lesson 6  Hardy Indoor Plants  Plants species that grow in low – moderate light  Plants species that grow in air conditioning  Plants species that grow in temperature extremes  Growing culinary herbs indoors in winter  Lesson 7   Air Quality Management and Indoor Plants  What is in the air?  Humidity  Pollutants  Ventilation  Plants  Plant species that grow in poor air and pollution COURSE FEATURES

• 20-hour, self-paced course
• Fully online, flexibly paced
• Optional practical tasks throughout
• Automated self-assessment tests
• “Certificate of Completion” on achieving a 60% pass rate on a final assessment

 WHO SHOULD STUDY THIS COURSE? This course is perfect for homeowners, interior designers, facility managers, and plant enthusiasts who want to bring the beauty and benefits of indoor plants into any space.