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Become a DIY superstar! Learn cake decorating from an award winning trainer, get sustainable and manage your own bee hive from the comfort of your garden or give your home a fresh look and a touch of your personal style with an interior design course. Why pay a professional when you can learn to do it yourself!
Course Outline Planning to redecorate or simply refresh a living space or complete property? Prepare a number of style boards – not only your anchor to keep you on track, but also to use as your navigation tool for communication to suppliers, architects and tradespeople. Learn about different historic and thematic styles and the importance of the elements and principles of design and layout. A strong focus is placed on colour theory, the effect of light, and finding ways to easily...
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$360Limited
inc GST
Interior Design - The Basics
<h3 id="CourseOutline">Course Outline</h3><p>Planning to redecorate or simply refresh a living space or complete property? Prepare a number of style boards – not only your anchor to keep you on track,
Course Outline: Whether you have a large garden or small balcony, learn the basic skills of good gardening. Discover what type of soil you have, which potting mix is best, how to choose ‘the right plant for the right place’ and find out how to maintain your outdoor space with the minimum of effort from the ground up. Course introduction: The living plant - plant requirements Soil - types, analysis, soil testing, improvement Pot selection, potting mixes, fertilizers Plant selection...
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Course Outline: Classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced singers, and each session will give vocal diagnostics, a fun workout and performance opportunity. Students learn a set of exercises that can form the basis of a personal practice for life. Session 1: Introductions within the group. Why do we sing? Want or need? What makes it sound bad, good or better? Exploration of phonation and vowel shapes. Emotional sounds Exercises 1 & 2 Group Toning exercise....
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Course Outline: Nowhere to relax or entertain outdoors? Is your outdoor area looking tired? Whether you have arid acreage, a barren balcony or a cluttered courtyard, you can transform it into a stylish sanctuary. Discover how to use space effectively and the concepts of good design. Recognize your soil type and determine how to choose appropriate plants and materials. Achieve a professional, cost-effective design with minimum effort. Comprehensive course notes are provided and...
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Course Outline: Whether you have a tiny balcony, garden or acreage, learn how to grow your own herbs, vegetables and fruit trees. Find out about different methods of recycling, including composting and worm farms. Discover crop rotation, companion planting and how to get rid of pests, diseases and weeds, without using any chemicals. Program Introduction to the Course Soil Types and Potting Mix Composting, Worm Farms, Recycling, etc.. Herbs Vegetables Fruit Trees Crop Rotation...
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Course Outline If you are feeling overwhelmed by your house and its contents and just don’t know where to start or simply looking to update, replan and add value to your property, then this short workshop is for you. Styling your property is not about a full interior design project, but about making a difference to your home on a reasonable budget. Don’t become paralysed by the number of choices available in colour, furnishings or accessories – whether you are working with your...
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$164Limited
inc GST
Property Styling for Living or Selling
<h3 id="CourseOutline">Course Outline</h3><p>If you are feeling overwhelmed by your house and its contents and just don’t know where to start or simply looking to update, replan and add value to your
Course Outline Would you like to harvest your own honey? It’s easy to have a few hives and then let the bees do most of the work for you. Learn everything you need to know about bees, the equipment needed and how much honey you can expect. Find out what other products you can make such as beer, candles, soap and cosmetic creams. Honey tasting and comprehensive notes are provided and places are limited. Program Introduction to the Course What is honey? History of beekeeping Honey...
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Course Outline: Students are asked to bring 1-3 small pieces of furniture to work on Students will learn how to assess the piece of furniture they have brought with them and to determine if the finish needs to be refurbished or removed and redone Students will be shown the possibilities of colour changes, what repairs to the surface are required and the type of finish best suited to the piece. Tutor will be providing step by step instructions on how to strip the piece without...
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Course Outline Get into the spirit of Christmas with this traditional Christmas cake decorating class. In this course you will be shown how to transform a basic store bought fruit cake into a tempting work of Art. You will be taken through the steps of covering your cake first in a layer of marzipan and then with the final layer of fondant. Then you will be guided through modelling your Christmassy fondant decorations and finally dressing your cake with a festive ribbon. Please...
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Course Outline Immerse yourself in spirit of Christmas with this fun and visually appealing Yule log cake. A beginners course that will have all your family and friends in awe of your creation. In this class you’ll be shown how to transform a plain Swiss jam roll into a festive and enticing looking Yule log. This course will show you how to cut and cover the swiss roll in chocolate ganache creating the effect of real looking bark. You will be guided on how to create fondant...
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