How to work through this course
There are 4 levels of unit access in this course. This is to encourage progression through the units. The levels are called A, B, C, D. Student's starting the course begin with access to all the units at Level A - there are 24 Level A units, 12 of them are assessed. When students have successfully completed the Level A assessed work and the tutor has marked it, they can move on to the Level B units, and so on. See the Welcome unit for full details about how the course works.
Useful links
Books
Herbal Glossary
Plant Profiles
Introducing Urban Foraging Module
A - Welcome
A - Foraging Rules
A - Light Harvesting
A - Testing Plants
A - Urban Foraging Calendar (project)
A - Your Plant Ally (project)
A - Foraging Map
B - Foraging First Aid
Estimated study time: 13 hours
Four assessed tasks and two ongoing projects
Essential Plant Families Module
A - Deadnettle family
A - Rose Family
A - Mustard Family
A - Borage Family
A - Lily-type Plants
A - Nightshade Family
A - Mallow Family
A - Celery Family
A - Aster Family
Estimated study time: 6 hours
Nine assessed tasks
Essential Foraging Skills Module
A - Poisoning
A - Look-a-likes
A - Poisonous plants
B - Electronic Record Keeping
B - Foraging Roots
B - Introducing City Trees
Estimated study time: 4 hours
Six assessed tasks.
Botany for foragers Module
A - Botanical Classification
A - Flowers
B - Herbaria
B - Leaves
C - Roots
D - City Tree Herbology
Estimated study time: 7 hours
Six assessed tasks
Fungi
A - Fungi - Part 1
B - Fungi - Part 2
C - Fungi - Part 3
Herb Profiles (non-assessed)
A - Burdock
A - Chickweed
A - Comfrey
A - Dandelion
A - Elder
A - Evening Primrose
A - Hawthorn
A - Japanese Rose
A - Lime
A - Mugwort
A - Stinging nettle
Final unit
D - Reflective Final Assessment
Estimated study time: 2 hours