Why Study This Course?
Are you interested in designing your own garden? This short course explores the exciting opportunities and challenges of garden design. You’ll develop your creative skills and learn to maximise even the smallest spaces using planting and design techniques. This course is perfect for anyone wanting to transform their outdoor area.
This course helps you design and develop your own garden. You will focus on creative skills and maximizing space, no matter the size. You will learn planting and design techniques to enhance your outdoor space while overcoming design challenges.
The course will cover:
Garden design styles and elements from traditional formal to contemporary meadow gardening
Garden survey techniques to enable you to draw up your garden using scale for accurate planning
Different methods of conveying your ideas from mood boards to technical drawings
Researching plant choices and landscape materials
This course helps you design and develop your own garden. You will focus on creative skills and maximizing space, no matter the size. You will learn planting and design techniques to enhance your outdoor space while overcoming design challenges.
No prior experience is required.
All are welcome to join this introductory course.
Carers can receive enrolment assistance at Parkshot.
Your progress will be monitored through your Personal Learning Plan and tutor feedback. We'll discuss options for further study to help you continue developing your garden design skills.
Please note there will be an additional charge of £20.00 for the cost of materials above and beyond the essential materials supplied on the day.