Courses
Gardening 101
Start Date: 16 Oct 2025 | End Date: 23 Oct 2025
Peninsula Plaza 111 North Bridge Road, Unit 07-05/06, Singapore 179098 (16/10), AND BotanicalProjectroom@Geylang 26 Geylang Lorong 34, Singapore 398223 (23/10)
| Course Details | |
| Course Number | SACE-CBO-M-122E-2025-10-01 |
| Course Start | 16/10/2025 |
| Course End | 23/10/2025 |
| Registration | Open |
| Duration | 7 hours in 2 Sessions |
| Session | Thursday, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm, 16/10 at Peninsula Plaza; AND 23/10 at BotanicalProjectroom@Geylang |
| Objective | This course aims to equip participants with the core basic Gardening skills to plan and maintain their plants in different home garden formats, including apartment, balcony, container and ground gardens. |
| Description | Core Gardening Principles and application This course covers all the basic Gardening principles, including sunlight requirements, watering techniques, different planting media, fertilization and pest management. Participants will learn cultivation requirements of focus plant type : Succulents. For this workshop, participants get to learn specific care requirements for succulents, prepare a specific succulent soil mix and get to bring back a self-created succulent bowl / pot, in addition to the other cuttings / plants which are part of the regular Gardening 101 workshop. |
| Trainer | Darren Ng
Darren Ng is an acclaimed Gardener and has been featured on Channel 5 Gardens Gurus program, CNA and 8Days. He is actively involved in a diverse range of Botanical and gardening related activities for the community and private organization set up. Darren is also an NParks Ambassador and has given talks and workshops for Singapore Garden Festival, AtSunrise Cooking academy and Gardens by the Bay. Darren has more than 25 years of international corporate experience specializing in Business Processes & Project Management in the Luxury Retail industry. Darren holds a B.Sc in Botany(Hons) NUS and various other professional qualifications such as 6-sigma Black Belt, PMP etc. |
| Medium of Instruction | English |
| Venue | 16/10 – Peninsula Plaza 111 North Bridge Road, Unit 07-05/06, Singapore 179098
23/10 – BotanicalProjectroom@Geylang, 26 Geylang Lorong 34, Singapore 398223 |
| Application | Register online with details on Course Topic, Start Date, Full Name (as in NRIC/FIN), Date of Birth, Gender, NRIC/FIN, Race, Citizenship, Address & Postal Code, Email and Contact Number |
| Fees Payable | $35.00 pp NSA fee for Singaporean/PR age 50 and above, $175.00 pp for all others
Additional fees for materials (to be paid to trainer): 1) General plant materials for propagation: $5, pots and media : $5. Each pax gets 2-3 pots. 2) Succulent bowl : $5, 3-4 PCs of succulents : $10-12, Total : $30 |
| Payment | Register and pay online via PayPal, Credit Card, Internet payment to SACE DBS 049-001627-1.
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| SkillsFuture Credit (SFC) | Applicable |
| SACE Membership Credit (SMC) | Applicable for SACE members |
| Contact Person | Secretariat – Tel: 6266 0648 or Email: secretariat@sace.org.sg |
