Section I | Welcome
1. Introduction
2. Course outline
3. Why garden?
Section II | Getting started
4. Organic gardening & permaculture
5. Planning your garden site
6. Plant selection
7. Plant life cycles & growth forms
8. Building garden beds
Section III | Foundations of gardening: soil
9. Understanding soil
10. Soil testing
11. Soil amendments
12. Composting
13. Vermi-composting
14. Sheet mulching
Section IV | Propagation methods
15. Plant propagation methods overview
16. Transplanting
17. Seeding
18. Root division
19. Stem cutting
20. Layering
21. Root cutting
Section V | Herbal cultivation
22. Specific herbs to cultivate
23. Medicinal ‘weeds’ in the garden
Section VI | Indoor and container cultivation
24. Container gardening
Section VII | Garden maintenance
25. Garden maintenance
Section VIII | Herbal harvest, drying, & processing
26. Introduction to herbal harvesting
27. Harvest timing & equipment
28. Harvesting specific plant parts
29. Harvesting aerial parts
30. Harvesting flowers
31. Harvesting roots
32. Drying & storing your herbs
33. Options for drying
34. Processing dried herbs
35. Storing dried herbs
Section IX | Conclusion
36. Course review