Allotment Management QLS Level 3

This course will allow you to study the convenient way! You decide when and where you learn, at your own pace. Your coursework can be submitted by either post or email, making it easy and hassle-free. All your course materials will then be delivered to you by post, so it couldn’t be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors are there to help you every step of the way by email, so help is only a click away!

Course Content

Unit 1 Acquiring Your Allotment

• Acquire an allotment
• Historical context of an allotment
• Vibrant social movement
• National organisations

Unit 2 Getting Started

• Preparing a plot for cultivation
• Developing a plan
• Choosing the right tools and equipment
• Maintaining soil
• Providing growing conditions

Unit 3 Growing Fruit

• Choosing the best fruit to grow
• Developing an action plan
• Importance of feed, water and fertilise for maximum production
• Protecting fruit from pests and diseases

Unit 4 Growing Vegetables

• Choosing the best vegetables to grow
• Advantages and disadvantages of disease resistant or heritage varieties
• Growing from seeds, sets or plug plants
• Growing in rows and raised beds
• Crop rotation

Unit 5 Growing Herbs

• Kitchen herbs and their culinary or medical uses
• Choosing herbs to grow and maintaining them
• Benefits of companion planting
• Controlling weeds

Unit 6 Developing Your Plot Further – Permanent Structures

• Site a water butt and manage water effectively
• Security options
• Storing produce and tools
• Growing under glass (cold frames and cloches)
• Long-term benefits of greenhouses and poly-tunnel