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Planting Design from Hunting Brook Gardens (Late Summer & Autumn)

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Course overview

Jimi Blake, plant collector and gardener from Hunting Brook Gardens, teaches you how to take your garden from late summer into autumn with salvias, dahlias, using colour, how to use leaves and foliage for garden drama and how to be creative in planning your garden.

He'll show you his recommended dahlias and salvias, and how to think creatively about combining plants, colours and textures together.

You'll go on a tour of Hunting Brook Gardens as Jimi explains how he extends summer into late autumn through plant selection, planting schemes, planting design and plant maintenance.

You'll learn how to use leaves and foliage to create interest in the garden, how to combine leaves with flowers and how to make the most of even the smallest garden spaces (including container gardening).

Finally you'll join Jimi as he lets you into his garden planning secrets - from reviewing your garden throughout the year to propagation planning and overwintering hardy and tender plants.

By the end of the course you'll have learnt:

  • what to look from when choosing dahlias and salvias
  • how to combine flowers with leaves
  • how to analysis your planting designs and improve them
  • how to keep borders looking fresh into autumn
  • how to plan your garden and planting designs for next year

Time to complete Jimi's planting design course:

Every student is different but in general we think the course will take around 14 hours to complete including:

  • Video lessons: 2 hours in total
  • Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
  • Assignment: at least 2 hours per lesson
  • Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
  • Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per assignment

You'll need:

You don't need any special equipment, but you will be creating your own plant list and garden designs, and planning your garden for next year.

The course is suitable for all levels - beginners to garden designers or horticulture professionals who want to learn from a passionate plant collector and expert garden designer.

The course includes:

  • 4 on-demand video lesson - presented by Jimi Blake
  • lifetime access to the video, notes and interactive class
  • flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
  • downloadable lesson notes
  • practical (optional) planting design projects
  • access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
  • small interactive online classroom chat online to students from around the world

Ready to get started?

Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Jimi on your garden design and questions.

Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.

Lesson summary

Using Dahlias and Salvias in the garden for late colour
Jimi will teach you how to choose dahlias and salvias and how to combine them together in rich and creative ways. He’ll encourage you to step out of your comfort zone with your plant choices!
Using colour to bridge the gap from summer into autumn
Jimi will take you on a tour of Hunting Brook Gardens to look at how he extends summer colours into autumn through planting design in different areas of the garden.
Using leaves and dramatic foliage
Jimi will teach you how to use leaves and foliage in your garden including container gardening. You’ll look at how to use leaves to extend the seasons and combine foliage with flowers.
How to be brave and creative when planning your garden for next year
Jimi will teach you how to be creative in your garden plans, and what to think about when you’re planning your garden designs for the year ahead.

Choose how you want to learn

Expert-level

Develop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition:

  • Start the course whenever you like
  • Tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
  • Certificate of completion and CPD learning hours
  • Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
  • Lessons with expert videos & notes
  • Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
  • Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom

Peer-level

Get the most from shared knowledge and community study:

  • Start course whenever you like
  • Practise what you learn with your peers
  • Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
  • Lessons with videos & notes
  • Course assignments
  • Group chat & direct message classmates
  • Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom

meet the expert

Jimi Blake

Passionate plant collector, garden designer, creator of Hunting Brook Gardens in Ireland.

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Why choose Learning with Experts?

Start whenever it suits you, and immerse yourself in motivational lesson tutorials with expert guidance.
Enhance your learning and personal growth with lesson assignments. Each course includes an optional assignment at the end of every lesson.
Drop a friendly message or respond to your assignment feedback. Our world-class experts are just a click away, ready to help you!
Stay informed about your own progress and those of your peers, and take joy in celebrating achievements along the way.
Chat and share ideas with passionate communities of learners from around the world.

Frequently asked questions

What’s the difference between PEER and EXPERT options?

At Peer and Expert level, you get access to the same core content and features:

  • Video lesson tutorials led by your expert tutor
  • Downloadable lesson notes
  • Option to practise what you learn with lesson assignments
  • Group learning within an online interactive classroom of up to 20 classmates
  • Lifetime access to videos, notes and classroom

If you choose Expert level, you get all of the above plus the following:

  • Personalised assignment feedback and coaching from your expert tutor
  • Opportunity to interact with your expert tutor through a private messaging system
  • Certificate of completion.
What is an online classroom?

Our online classroom has been developed to allow you to learn from our experts in a sociable environment alongside up to 20 other students. After each video tutorial led by your expert, you will be encouraged to practice what you have learned with optional assignments - these can be seen by the other students in your class, who are free to share their own thoughts and questions with you.

You will be encouraged to take part in an ongoing class discussion where you can discuss ideas, post images or work, and comment on each other’s assignments. It’s a great way to learn from other like-minded people who share your passion from all over the world.

This means not only do you benefit from people who are outstanding in their field, but also from a close-knit group of like-minded people whom you can learn alongside. Group learning has shown to greatly improve not just the experience of studying, but also how well you retain the knowledge, and we have built our classroom experience around this fact.

When can I start my course and how long will it take?

You can start your course any time within 12 months after receipt of your purchase confirmation email. Once you start, you’ll have lifetime access — meaning you can revisit the lesson videos and notes whenever you want.

Our courses are designed so that you can study at your own pace, some prefer to binge learn while others like to spread their studying over a longer period of time - it’s completely up to you. To give you a rough time frame, each lesson video is approximately 30-40 minutes long, and we recommend that you spend around an hour on each assignment.

How often can I speak with the Expert?

If you opt for the Expert version of your course, the time you have to interact with your tutor is limited to course length. You will have one week per lesson to chat to your tutor and to have your assignments marked, and during this period you can ask them as many questions as you would like.

To find out the length of each course, head to the product page and look at the Course outline to see how many lessons it contains. e.g. a four lesson course assumes that you will have completed the assignments within four weeks.

Your tutor interaction period will start as soon as you enter the classroom. If you find that you are struggling to complete the assignments in the allocated time or you wish to put this function on hold, just get in contact with one of the team via the support button and we will help you out.

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