Course Description
Do you want to become a garden designer or design your own garden?
The Garden Design Diploma is a collection of garden design courses which will teach you a complete range of garden design skills taught by some of the biggest names in gardening and horticulture.
Tutors include Chris Beardshaw, Piet Oudolf, Dr Noel Kingsbury, Tom Stuart-Smith, Annie Guilfoyle, and Andy McIndoe.
You'll learn how to design a garden, the principles of good garden design, the history of garden design, how to create a garden for all seasons, planting with grasses, perennials, shrubs and trees and more garden design courses.
Choose Expert option and our Garden Design Diploma tutors will give you personal feedback on your projects.
You'll learn:
- how to design a garden and choose plants
- how to survey your site
- principles of good garden design (and how to apply them to your garden)
- drawing garden designs
- hard landscaping and garden features - including water, pergolas & paths
- interpreting and creating a good garden design brief
- how to use trees, lawns, shrubs and grasses
- historic garden design and informal and formal design
- be inspired by garden designers including Piet Oudolf, Chris Beardshaw, Annie Guilfoyle, & Tom Stuart-Smith
Who should take the Garden Design Diploma?
This collection of garden design courses is suitable for garden design students of all levels - whether you are already in the horticultural industry, a professional gardener, designing your own garden or planning a career in garden design. It will broaden your horticultural knowledge, and inspire your designs.
Read about student and tutor experiences on the Garden Design Diploma in The English Garden Magazine
Why choose Learning with Experts' Garden Design courses?
You'll be taught garden design by some of the world's best garden designers and leading experts. The opportunity to have Chris Beardshaw, Dr Noel Kingsbury, Neill Ludmon and Annie Guilfoyle reviewing your garden design plans is unique – and will give you a huge advantage as a newly qualified garden designer.
Our students love the practical elements of our courses that give them real-world insights into how they can succeed in garden design. Read about Ane's student experience on the Garden Design Diploma
Many of our students have gone on to make a hobby into a profession and now have careers in gardening or garden design all over the world.
How are the garden design courses taught?
The course is taught in our friendly and private online classroom, where you will get to know your tutor and classmates. Bounce ideas off each other, compare designs and planting plans, and discuss gardening and design challenges.
Can you take the garden design courses in any order?
You can take the courses in any order - but we recommend starting with Introduction to Garden Design.
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CPD Accreditation
Course activity has been accredited by the CPD Standards Office (CPDSO). The course equates to 182 hours, 15 minutes of CPD learning.Courses within this collection
From $75Up to $265 Planting the Piet Oudolf Way
Piet Oudolf & Noel Kingsbury
From $140Up to $530 Professional Planting Design
Neill Ludmon
From $75Up to $200 Container Gardening
Chris Beardshaw
From $345Up to $1,120 Designing Small Gardens
Annie Guilfoyle
From $75Up to $265 Planting Design with Perennials
Dr Noel Kingsbury
From $75Up to $385 Design & Create Your Dream Country Garden
Tom Stuart-Smith & Guy Petheram
From $75Up to $200 The History Of Garden Design
Dr Toby Musgrave
From $75Up to $200 Gardening with Grasses
Michael King
From $75Up to $200 Perennial Meadow Gardening
Michael King
From $75Up to $200 Trees
Andy McIndoe
From $75Up to $200 Shrubs
Andy McIndoe
From $140Up to $530 Introduction To Garden Design
Alison Worster
Choose how you want to learn
The Expert option
RecommendedDevelop your learning further with personal tuition from Expert Tutors
- Start courses whenever you like
- Personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- 58 marked assignments
- Certificate of completion and CPD hours
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$3,680$4,295 if courses bought separatelyThe 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 courses whenever you like
- Practise what you learn with your peers
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$880$1,300 if courses bought separately
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