From Passion to Profession: How a Garden Design Diploma Can Transform Your Love of Gardening

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Garden Design Diploma

Collection of 12 courses

Garden Design Diploma

The Garden Design Diploma include a collection of garden design courses - taught by expert garden designers.

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Our Garden Design Diploma is a unique and comprehensive programme designed to launch your career in the garden design industry. This course combines practical hard landscaping and gardening techniques with plant science and creative design principles. It is delivered in a flexible format that allows you to learn at your own pace from the comfort of your own home.

Throughout the programme, you will be mentored to think like a professional designer, expanding your horticultural knowledge and gaining valuable insights from industry leaders. You will graduate with a respected qualification, an impressive portfolio of work performed during your training, and the skills and confidence to kickstart a new career, or if you already work in the field, collaborate with your employer on professional garden design projects.

Aspiring Garden Designers or Simply Looking to Transform Your Own Space?

Our Garden Design Diploma combines 12 comprehensive courses delivered by ten expert tutors. It equips you with an extensive range of design skills, guided by some of the most respected names in horticulture, including Chris Beardshaw, Piet Oudolf, and Tom Stuart-Smith.

Master the art of garden design, from understanding core principles to creating captivating planting schemes. Learn to survey your site, craft detailed designs, and incorporate essential elements like hard landscaping and water features.

You will dive into the history of garden design and learn about formal and informal styles, all while being inspired by internationally renowned gardening experts and leading garden designers. If you choose the Expert option, you will receive personalised feedback on your garden design projects from our expert tutors.

The key skills you will gain by participating in this course include:

• Site surveying and design interpretation

• Garden design principles and their practical application

• Drawing and presenting professional garden designs

• Hard landscaping and garden features, including water, pergolas, and paths

• Effective use of trees, lawns, shrubs, and grasses

• Understanding historic and contemporary garden design styles

Garden Design Diploma - Your Learning Experience

Our Garden Design Diploma courses are delivered in an engaging and interactive online classroom environment alongside fellow course participants. You are encouraged to connect with your course tutors and fellow students, share ideas, compare designs, and discuss the challenges and joys of gardening and design.

The collaborative approach of having a shared online classroom creates a supportive community for all participants, regardless of their age or professional background. Here, you can learn and grow alongside like-minded individuals who share a passion for gardening and garden design.

While you can take the courses in any order that suits your interests and schedule, we recommend beginning with the 'Introduction to Garden Design' course. In our experience, taking the Introduction to Garden Design course before exploring the other courses available gives you a solid grounding knowledge that simplifies following other courses.

Beginning here will allow you to fully immerse yourself in the other courses included in the garden design diploma programme without struggling to understand different concepts and approaches, industry language, and the science behind them.

Garden Design Diploma – How It Works

• Start anytime: Our flexible online format allows you to start your Garden Design Diploma journey whenever it suits your schedule. This makes it easy to accommodate commitments such as work and family life.

• Expert-led video tutorials: Immerse yourself in captivating video tutorials led by renowned experts in garden design. You can also access your video tutorial library to revisit and re-watch as often as possible to help absorb the information.

• Test your knowledge: Reinforce your learning with interactive quizzes and assignments that challenge and inspire.

• Personal Tuition: Receive valuable feedback on your assignments directly from our expert tutors, guiding your progress and development.

• Share and collaborate: Connect with a vibrant community of fellow students through online forums and chats. Exchange ideas, discuss your designs, and build lasting connections.

Our dynamic learning environment ensures you have the support and resources to succeed. It delivers a rewarding and enriching experience where you can make lifelong friends with a shared passion for all things gardening.

Garden Design Diploma: Course Highlights

Our Garden Design Diploma features a curated collection of courses led by world-class experts in the field, offering a diverse and comprehensive learning experience:

• Piet Oudolf & Noel Kingsbury: Planting the Piet Oudolf Way: Master the iconic naturalistic planting style of renowned designer Piet Oudolf.

• Neill Ludmon: Professional Planting Design: Develop advanced planting design techniques and strategies for creating captivating landscapes.

• Chris Beardshaw: Container Gardening: Discover the art of container gardening, transforming even the smallest spaces with vibrant displays.

• Alison Worster: Introduction To Garden Design: Gain essential foundational knowledge in garden design principles and practices.

• Annie Guilfoyle: Designing Small Gardens: Learn innovative design solutions to maximise the potential of compact urban spaces.

• Dr Noel Kingsbury: Planting Design with Perennials: Explore the vast world of perennials and their role in creating dynamic and sustainable planting schemes.

• Tom Stuart-Smith and Guy Petheram: Design and Create Your Dream Country Garden: Craft idyllic rural landscapes seamlessly blending with their natural surroundings.

• Dr Toby Musgrave: The History Of Garden Design: Embark on a fascinating journey through the evolution of garden design styles and their cultural context.

• Michael King: Gardening with Grasses: Harness the versatility and beauty of ornamental grasses in your garden designs.

• Michael King: Perennial Meadow Gardening: Cultivate vibrant and biodiverse meadow landscapes that support pollinators and wildlife.

• Andy McIndoe: Trees: Understand the pivotal role of trees in garden design and their contribution to structure and longevity.

• Andy McIndoe: Shrubs: Explore the vast selection of shrubs and their essential role in creating year-round interest and texture.

This rich selection of courses equips you with the knowledge and skills to create exceptional gardens that inspire and delight, whether for family and friends or on a professional level.

Enrol Today and Start Your Garden Design Journey

Eager to begin? It is simple. Go to the top of the Garden Design Diploma course page and click 'Add to basket' to enrol. Choose the' Expert' option for personalised guidance and feedback on your garden design projects from our expert tutors.

Take the first step towards a fulfilling career or transforming your own garden space. We are excited to welcome you to our community of passionate garden designers!