Neill Ludmon
Professional Planting Design
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- £365.00
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- £365.00
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Hilary Thomas and Neill Ludmon teach you how how to create a professional planting design for all types of gardens.
Choose the Expert option for personal feedback from Neill on your designs
It's all too easy to have a garden full of wonderful plants that feels more like a restless collection than a well thought-out design. Discover how to plant a garden for all seasons, combining plant structures, colours and forms.
Learn how to select plants for their visual, aesthetic and structural properties, how to assess your site conditions, and how to create a planting plan on paper.
Explore different styles of garden such as naturalist, minimalist and cottage garden, and get tips on things to consider if you’re setting up in business.
This course is run by Hilary Thomas, and your assignments will be marked by Neill Ludmon.
You'll learn:
- how to choose and use plants
- understanding visual qualities of plants
- creating planting schemes with lasting structure
- selecting the right plants for the right place
- how to create a planting plan
Suitable for students of all levels - from gardeners just getting started to professionals looking to learn more about using plants in garden design.
The course includes:
- 8 on-demand video lessons - presented by Hilary Thomas
- lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class
- flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
- downloadable lesson notes
- practical planting design assignments (with tutor feedback available)
- access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
- small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas
Time to complete the planting design course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 28 hours to complete including:
- Video lessons: 4 hours in total
- Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
- Your planting design assignments: at least 2 hours per lesson
- Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
- Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson
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Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Neill on your planting design assignments.
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Lessons
What You’ll Learn
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Learn how the size, shape and surface of leaves influences our perception of plants.
Understand how colours influence the mood of a garden and how we perceive the dimensions of a space.
Explore the role of structural planting and focal point plants in a planting scheme.
Consider the different techniques for utilising seasonal colour and excitement, from seasonal bedding plants to the more naturalist meadow style.
Explore all the factors that will determine the success of your planting scheme, and how to garden ecologically.
Learn how to create a three-dimensional planting plan.
Assess the different ways that plants can be used to create a particular style or theme, such as cottage garden, modern or Mediterranean style planting.
Understand how to prepare a plant schedule, and why you need to consider suppliers, maintenance, and your neighbours.
Learning options
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Common Questions
Answers to the most common questions about learning with us.
Our online classroom is designed to help you learn from experts in a collaborative, social environment alongside a small group of learners.
Each lesson combines expert-led videos with optional assignments, giving you the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned and share your work with others. You can take part in ongoing discussions, ask questions, exchange feedback, and learn from a community of like-minded people from around the world.
By learning together in a small, supportive group, you benefit not only from expert guidance but also from shared ideas, perspectives, and experiences—helping you stay engaged and retain what you learn.
You can start your course at any time within 12 months of purchase. Once you begin, you’ll have lifetime access, so you can revisit lesson videos and notes whenever you like.
Courses are designed to fit around your schedule, allowing you to learn at your own pace. Each lesson video is typically 30–40 minutes, and we recommend around an hour for each assignment.
Both Peer and Expert options give you full access to the course content, including lesson videos, downloadable notes, assignments, and a collaborative online classroom with up to 20 learners. You’ll also have lifetime access to revisit the material at any time.
The Expert option includes everything in Peer, plus personalised assignment feedback, direct messaging with your expert tutor, and a certificate of completion.
With the Expert option, you can interact directly with your tutor throughout the course. You’ll typically have one week per lesson to ask questions and receive feedback on your assignments, with as much interaction as you need during that time.
Your tutor access begins when you enter the classroom and follows the course schedule (for example, a four-lesson course usually runs over four weeks). If you need more time or support, our team is here to help.
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