Garden Design Diploma
Collection of 12 courses
Course Description
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
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Neill on your planting design assignments.
If you know someone who'd love this course then give it as a gift - just tick "This is a gift" at the checkout.
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Requirements
A3 Pad of Tracing Paper
Pencils HB 2B 4B
Water Colour Pencils
Circular template (HELIX H67)
Plant reference books
CPD Accreditation
Course activity has been accredited by the CPD Standards Office (CPDSO). The course equates to 28 hours of CPD learning.
Course outline
Form, Texture & Habit
Colour and Design Principles
The Role of Plants in The Planting Scheme
Seasonal Colour & Excitement
Considering Plant Selection
Drawing Up the Planting Plan
Planting Styles
Plant Schedule
Choose how you want to learn
The Expert option
RecommendedDevelop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition from Neill Ludmon
- Start course whenever you like
- 8 weeks tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- 8 assignments marked by Neill Ludmon
- Certificate of completion and CPD hours
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 8 lessons with expert videos & notes
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$530The Peer option
Discover the benefits of group learning in an online interactive classroom of no more than 20 people. 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
- 8 lessons with expert videos & notes
- 8 course assignments
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$140
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Gardening classroom - how it works
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Practice what you learn with inspiring assignments
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Meet Neill Ludmon
Neill Ludmon is a qualified teacher who spent 13 years teaching Plants and Planting Design and Drawing and Graphics to prospective garden designers at the prestigious Capel Manor College in London. In addition, Neill holds both an MA in Garden History from the University of London and the RHS Level 3 Horticulture, which includes the study of propagation and pests and diseases. Alongside his teaching and academic studies, Neill works as a freelance planting designer. He runs the short courses at Woottens of Wenhaston and delivers planting design workshops for Crocus.
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