Garden Design

We are launching a new online E-learning Garden Design course hopefully in the Autumn of 2009 the outline below.

The purpose of this course is to introduce enthusiastic amateurs to consider the concepts of Garden Design and apply it to their own gardens.

This 16 part course will explore core Garden Design principles and the importance of colour and structure in the design. Students will complete 2 projects within the course.

Week 1 Principles of Design, scale Week 2 Using colour
Week 3 Lines for expression Week 4 Hard landscaping
Week 5 Soft landscaping Week 6-9 Project 1 a Suburban Garden
Week 10 Review of First Project Week 11-14 Project 2 a Cottage Garden
Week 15 Review of Second Project Week 16 Moving forward