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Gardening – Your Road To Wellbeing

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LOCATION & START DATE
CROP Gardens - 15 April 2024
CROP Gardens - 18 April 2024
CROP Gardens - 24 April 2025
CROP Gardens - 28 April 2025
Liskerrett Community Centre - 17 April 2024
Liskerrett Community Centre - 18 September 2024
Liskerrett Community Centre - 8 January 2025
Liskerrett Community Centre - 23 April 2025
LEVEL
No Qualification Levels Explained
DURATION
10 - 13 Weeks
LEARNING AREA
Community Health Find out more
ATTENDANCE
Part-time

Gardening – Your Road To Wellbeing

Blue and yellow Pansy flower On this course you will develop your gardening skills whilst working as part of the team to maintain and enhance community centre grounds. As well as planting herbs, plants and shrubs you will also learn how to take cuttings, propagate, and maintain and develop the established gardens at one of our off-site locations.

Richmond House, Penzance – Wednesdays 10am – 12:30pm and 1pm – 3:30pm
Liskerrett Centre, Liskeard – Thursdays 10am – 4pm
Coach House, Liskeard – Fridays 10am – 3pm

Richmond House has a small greenhouse, many containers and a small vegetable area and fruit trees.

Liskerrett Centre has a polytunnel, containers and areas suitable for growing a variety of produce and fruit trees. You will also help support the community store within the centre.

The Coach House has a large polytunnel, small greenhouse, sheds, many containers and a small vegetable area and fruit trees. It is a peaceful area to learn gardening skills, how to use plants in a culinary and medicinal way, designing the garden, companion planting, composting and organic gardening.

At all locations you will be encouraged to focus on areas of interest to you with tutor support.

Our road to wellbeing courses are relaxed and informal, enabling you to improve your wellbeing and mental health, building your self-confidence, and they are a great way to make friends.

Our courses are for anyone aged 19+ who is experiencing or recovering from mental ill-health.

Our courses run one day per week, over 10 to 13 weeks per term. If you miss the start of the course don’t worry, you can join the course at any time.

Entry requirements

No formal entry requirements

Progression

Level 2 Art Courses

CROP Gardens

Liskerrett Community Centre

Liskerrett Community Centre

Set up on the site of the former Liskeard Junior School, the Centre opened in 2002.

Owned and managed for the community by the community, the Liskerrett Community Centre is a busy, friendly and vibrant multi-purpose community resource providing a wealth of opportunity, a wide range of services and activities, and a meeting place for people of all ages.

The Centre is open each week day from 9am-5pm and available for hire every day of the week.

We have a vegetarian café, a community garden and art studios that are rented out to local artists.


No formal entry requirements

Level 2 Art Courses

CROP Gardens

Liskerrett Community Centre

Liskerrett Community Centre

Set up on the site of the former Liskeard Junior School, the Centre opened in 2002.

Owned and managed for the community by the community, the Liskerrett Community Centre is a busy, friendly and vibrant multi-purpose community resource providing a wealth of opportunity, a wide range of services and activities, and a meeting place for people of all ages.

The Centre is open each week day from 9am-5pm and available for hire every day of the week.

We have a vegetarian café, a community garden and art studios that are rented out to local artists.


Dates & Locations

Adult
  • Location - CROP Gardens
  • Start Date - 15 April 2024
  • Day/Time - Monday, 10:00 - 16:00
  • Tuition Fees: £0.00*
            
    *Please note - Fees apply to adults and HE students only. Only the most common fees scenario is shown. Actual fees may vary depending on your personal situation. Please contact us for further information.

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    For 15 April 2024 start date

  • Location - CROP Gardens
  • Start Date - 18 April 2024
  • Day/Time - Thursday, 10:00 - 16:00
  • Tuition Fees: £0.00*
            
    *Please note - Fees apply to adults and HE students only. Only the most common fees scenario is shown. Actual fees may vary depending on your personal situation. Please contact us for further information.

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    For 18 April 2024 start date

  • Location - CROP Gardens
  • Start Date - 24 April 2025
  • Day/Time - Wednesday, 10:00 - 16:00
  • Tuition Fees: £0.00*
            
    *Please note - Fees apply to adults and HE students only. Only the most common fees scenario is shown. Actual fees may vary depending on your personal situation. Please contact us for further information.

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    For 24 April 2025 start date


  • Location - Liskerrett Community Centre
  • Start Date - 17 April 2024
  • Tuition Fees: £0.00*
            
    *Please note - Fees apply to adults and HE students only. Only the most common fees scenario is shown. Actual fees may vary depending on your personal situation. Please contact us for further information.

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    For 17 April 2024 start date

  • Location - Liskerrett Community Centre
  • Start Date - 18 September 2024
  • Tuition Fees: £0.00*
            
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    For 18 September 2024 start date

  • Location - Liskerrett Community Centre
  • Start Date - 8 January 2025
  • Tuition Fees: £0.00*
            
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    For 8 January 2025 start date

  • Location - Liskerrett Community Centre
  • Start Date - 23 April 2025
  • Tuition Fees: £0.00*
            
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    For 23 April 2025 start date
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Course Code 10024-DGI-23, 10020-DGI-23, 10020-DGI-24, 10024-DGI-24, 10013-LOC-23, 10023-LOC-24, 10020-LOC-24, 10013-LOC-24

Fees apply to adults and HE students only. Only the most common fees scenario is shown. Actual fees may vary depending on your personal situation. Please contact us for further information.

Courses listed on this website are indicative of the subject, nature and level of study. The College reserves the right to alter specific qualifications titles, awarding bodies and levels of qualification, which can change in year. Any cost may also vary, based on personal funding eligibility. The Cornwall College Group reserves the right to withdraw any course listed at any time.

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