A Guide to Garden Plants

Choosing plants by how they behave

The course focuses on how different plant species behave, which is the question most gardeners face when they decide what to put where. It treats plant choice as a decision problem, linking species traits to the planning that happens before anything goes in the ground.

Best fit

• Beginners who keep buying plants without understanding why some survive and others fail.
• Anyone planning a garden layout who wants a structured way to weigh options.
• Learners who want a plant-focused course rather than a broader study of natural systems.

Skills to expect

The listed skills are adaptability, planning and decision making, which suggests the course is as much about judgement as about plant names. That makes it useful for anyone who has to justify a planting plan to a client or a household.