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For many people, learning how to garden involves lot’s of trial and error and endless web searches to try to piece together an education built on tips, advice, and firsthand experience. While this approach isn’t wrong, it usually results from people not having the whole picture from the get-go.

Garden Tutor is a course built on a structured framework for learning how to garden. Once you discover the Garden Tutor approach, you will have a keen sense of what it takes to be a great gardener.
But that’s not all!

Beyond this genuinely unique educational approach to gardening, Garden Tutor gives you essential tools to understand your garden site and install beautiful gardens. We like to say that Garden Tutor provides an authentic multimedia approach to learning how to garden!

Yes, the Learning page is full of detailed course information, provides a complete syllabus, course concept overview, and a listing of everything you get from the Garden Tutor course. Also, you can take the Climate lesson for free to get a feel for the Garden Tutor course before you decide to make a purchase.

You can try the Climate lesson for free under Module 1: Site to get a feel for the course. Also, a complete syllabus and module-by-module outline of the Garden Tutor course is fully accessible in the Learning section of the site. If you like what you see, you will need to sign up and purchase the course. Please note that, for up to 30 days from your purchase, if you feel the Garden Tutor didn’t meet your expectations, you can request a full refund.

If you just ran through the course video narrations without any breaks and took only a few minutes on each quiz, the course would take just under 3 hours to complete. For most people, the course takes about 5-8 hours to complete spread over a few days. The material can get concentrated at times, but the course is designed to be clear and concise. The course video narrations range anywhere from a minute to over 30 minutes in length.

Garden Tutor is not an accredited course. However, you will receive a certificate of completion to help let others know that you completed the Garden Tutor course. At this time, the course certificate cannot be used for CE credits or as part of an accredited program.

At this time, we are only able to answer course-related questions from registered students. Such as, an issue with the course content that causes confusion or a technical problem with the site. However, at this time, we are not able to answer questions unique to your site. E.g., what type of insect is this eating my plants or will I be able to grow roses under this tree?

The Garden Tutor course is a broad introduction to gardening, and it does not go into detail about specific plants. Plants and techniques vary from region to region, and extensive plant level detail would be an overwhelming amount of information in an introductory course of this scope.

The value of the Garden Tutor course is that it gives you a concise framework that you can populate with first-hand knowledge. There’s an endless amount of information and learning in the gardening world. Our goal is to help you understand how it all fits together and how to manage it.

The Garden Tutor course is NOT a subscription service. You will be charged a one time fee only when you enroll. There are a few options you can choose from, either purchasing the online course or purchasing the online the course and kit. Whichever choice you make, there is a onetime fee charged, and that’s it. You will be granted full access to the Garden Tutor course for as long as you want. Any future courses added to the site will require an additional course fee. For full terms of use, you can go here

No. By purchasing this course, you are purchasing a single license with a legal agreement to only use that course for your own individual personal learning purposes. Sharing passwords is equivalent to software piracy and against our terms of service policy. If you are part of a larger organization and are looking for group rates, please contact us.

The course can be viewed from a PC, Tablet or phone using a standard web browser (Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera) running a conventional operating system (Mac/Windows/Linux). We have worked to keep our course as “web native” as possible to avoid having to install all sorts of plugins and players to operate. If you have a relatively current web browser, then you should be good to go.

We do recommend that you take the course from a laptop or desktop computer with a large screen to maximize your viewing real estate and avoid excessive scrolling. However, you can take the course from your smartphone if you are so inclined. Last, note that the Garden Tutor course does have Module and Lesson videos that require audio on your computer or device. You will need speakers or headphones enabled if you want to listen to the course narration. Alternatively, the full text of the course is available if you want to read at your own pace.

Who is the Garden Tutor course not for?

If you meet any of the following criteria, then Garden Tutor is likely not for you.

• You don’t like reading instruction manuals and prefer to learn by doing
• You have been actively gardening for years
• You consider yourself an intermediate gardener
• You already know how to plan, plant and maintain a garden

It’s worth mentioning that we’ve had plenty of seasoned gardeners go through the course and say things like “I wish I had Garden Tutor when I got started gardening.”

Who is this Garden Tutor course for?

If you meet any of the following criteria, then Garden Tutor is likely a perfect fit for you.

• You are new to gardening
• You have no idea how to plan, plant and maintain a garden
• You are looking for a single-source introduction to gardening
• You like to learn a new subject by thoroughly understanding it before diving in

The best way to contact us is to fill out and submit a request via our contact form.

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If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, within 30 days of your order, we will gladly refund your money. If you purchased the kit, we will even pay your return postage (within the United States only). Please send us a refund request via our contact form, and we will verify your purchase and get back to you to arrange your refund. Please note, if you purchased the Garden Tutor Kit, we will email you a USPS postage-paid return label so you can send the kit back to us at no cost to you. Refunds for the kit will not be issued until we receive the kit. For full details, please see our Refund Policy