The HAVE A GO+ Seasonal Gardening Activities Training Programme is designed to boost your professional development with lots of practical gardening activities to engage clients and residents, both indoors and out, throughout the year. Support your clients:
- Stimulate reminiscence, conversation and engage the senses
- Enable meaningful, light-hearted interactions with staff, family & visiting community groups
- Increase self-esteem through sharing skills and expertise
- Demonstrate care e.g. promotion of physical activity & free choice
- Provide distraction and pain relief for those with long term conditions
Be confident leading gardening activities:
- No prior knowledge required
- 4 units to choose from - Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter
- Practical training delivered by video and resources online - no travel, no fuss
- Certificates awarded
- Learn how to engage your clients
- Adapt activities for different abilities
- Plan & deliver appropriate activities
- Gain confidence in gardening skills.
- Easy to complete units
- Resource Packs contain all the Activity Sheets required for the Unit plus lots of additional gardening activity ideas for you to carry out with your clients. You can buy these from the Trellis Online Shop
The Spring Unit is currently available from 1st March 2025 - 31st May 2025
- Part of the Seasonal Gardening Activities Training Programme, one of 4 seasonal units
- Receive your certificate on completion of each unit
- 10 hrs CPD value awarded on certificate
- 12 weeks (Sept - Nov) to complete the unit at your own pace
- No prior gardening knowledge required
This unit will empower you with the confidence, skills and knowledge to adapt gardening activities to your clients’ needs. The learning you gain as you work through the unit will build your confidence in handling plant materials and organising gardening activities suitable for the Spring season.
Gardening activities support wellbeing through opportunities for social interaction, physical activity, sensory stimulation, stress relief and cognitive restoration, learning new skills and reviving old ones, as well as the experience of giving and nurturing.
The Spring Unit comprises these topic areas, taught through a combination of video, activity resources and short practical and written assignments:
- Spring - How the season affects plant growth, seasonal signifiers to look out for
- What can be done in the garden at this time of year
- Garden related activities include – Seed Sowing & Pricking Out, Growing Potatoes, Craft Activity - Painting Stones
- Specialist techniques - Adapting gardening activities; engaging your clients; the importance of planning & reflecting on your gardening activities.
Some feedback from recent students:
'It is fabulous. Aimed at exactly the right level. Not too technical and bogged down in gardening speak, so to speak. Plenty of resources.'
‘Thank you for this course - every time I do a topic, I'm inspired to do more with my client group. I don't think any training course can hope to do more than that.’
'I've loved this course [Spring Unit] despite my hectic life at present and I am going to present this to staff as a good example of CPD in our Work-Linked Learning course!'
(Teacher of young people with special educational needs and disabilities, (SEND))
FREE Unit: An Introduction to Seasonal Gardening Activities
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY This introductory unit provides a flavour of the certificated and assessed Seasonal Gardening Activities Training Programme. Try it out!
You can get started with one of the units at any time of the year, in our rolling programme:
Spring Unit 1st March - 31st May
Summer Unit 1st June - 31st August
Autumn Unit 1st September - 30th November
Winter Unit 1st December - 28th February
Cost £85 per unit.
