Gardening Courses Online

Learn gardening and herbalism with our gardening courses online, herbalism courses online, and free gardening courses and information.

The Home Garden Joy Academy

The Home Garden Joy Academy seeks to make gardening easy and accessible for all. All of our courses are delivered online in an easy, learn at your own pace format. Courses come complete with videos, downloadable textbooks, resource guides, and more to enhance your learning experience.

Easy Indoor Herb Gardening

Learn how to grow any herb indoors! This course will teach you how to successfully grow basil, thyme, rosemary, and many other fun herbs in a sunny kitchen or under lights in your home. You’ll never run out of fresh herbs when you grow your own!

As of May 2025, the HGJ Academy is offline for maintenance. We will be back soon!

Herbalism Courses Online from The Herbal Academy

Home Garden Joy is an affiliate of The Herbal Academy. This means we earn a small commission when you sign up for courses through our website. Please see below for the many wonderful courses for Christian herbalists and herbal enthusiasts of all experience levels.

Classes from The Herbal Academy

Whether you are just getting started in herbalism or have been exploring this natural path for some time, you might realize that there are several directions to take as an herbalist! Perhaps you are interested in opening up an herb shop or selling your own natural body care products. Maybe your passion is for people, and therefore your desire is to become a community herbalist. Or maybe you wish to study herbalism to benefit your own family’s health and wellbeing. Follow your calling, and match up your personal or career goals with the Herbal Academy’s unique Herbalist Paths. These discounted training packages are designed to help guide you in your journey and your educational needs! Infuse your life with your herbal education when choosing the Family Herbalist Path, prepare for a business start-up in the Entrepreneur Herbalist Path, or learn how to work with clients professionally through the Clinical Herbalist Path. All Herbalist Paths are offered at a discount and with a payment plan option! Learn more about the Herbal Academy’s programs and paths here.

Learn how to wildcraft and identify plants confidently in the Botany & Wildcrafting Course!

Free Herbal Materia Medica Course by Herbal Academy

Your basic beginners herbalism class by herbal academy

Replenishing Raised Bed Garden Soil

Raised bed vegetable garden soil soil needs to be replenished periodically. If you’ve done your job right and selected great soil, and amended it with nice compost, you’re going to have super garden soil for the first few years. Because you don’t walk on a raised bed garden the way that you do with typical…

How to Build a Vegetable Garden Using Raised Beds

If you’re thinking about building a vegetable garden this year, raised beds are one of the best ways I know of to start a vegetable garden. Instead of renting a rototiller or hand-digging the soil, adding amendments and turning it all under to create a good garden bed, you start with the best soil mixture…

Henbit: Plant Profile

I’ve put together this henbit plant profile to spotlight a lovely plant – which many gardeners consider a weed. Weed or flower? To me, it’s a matter of perspective. Every spring, at least one of my raised beds is covered in a thick mat of henbit. Henbit is both lovely and practical despite being labeled…

fresh beets from the garden on the lawn after being washed

The Ultimate Guide to Growing Organic Beets

I wrote this Ultime Guide to Growing Beets to share my techniques for growing tasty, organic beets. Beets are a powerhouse of nutrition. Both the beetroot and the leaves and stems are edible. You can also can beets and beet greens to store them for year-round use. Here, I share with you a full guide…

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