This course helps participants to familiarise with the principles of propagating plants by cuttings, to develop an understanding of how to propagate plants from stem cuttings, an understanding of how to propagate plants from non-stem cuttings, an understanding of the materials and equipment used for propagating plants from stems, understand the principles of growing media in relation to cutting propagation, how and why cuttings form roots, to learn how to manipulate the formation of roots on cuttings, to understand the principles for establishing successful plant propagation areas and understand the principles of nursery crop scheduling.