Garden Design Diploma
Collection of 12 courses
Learn how to design a perennial garden with expert gardener and horticulturalist Dr Noel Kingsbury.
Noel is a long-time collaborator with the renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf. By the end of the course you will have learnt how to make the right plant selections and gain a solid understanding of the Oudolf approach to a perennial garden.
Noel looks at contemporary approaches to using perennials, with a particular focus on naturalistic approaches.
You will explore how to create planting schemes that suit the particular conditions of your garden, covering a wide range of temperate zone climates; for example if your soil is poor and fast draining, Noel will guide you through the basic principles of choosing plants which survive and flourish in these conditions.
Noel will outline how to make successful planting designs which combine structure, a long season of interest and support for bio-diversity and sustainability by reducing or eliminating irrigation and minimizing maintenance.
The course provides a particularly strong theoretical basis, but with plenty of plant variety tables provided for helping you choose plants.
You'll be suited to this course whether you are an enthusiastic amateur, or a landscaper or designer looking to hone your skills in the particular planting area of perennials. It's a unique opportunity to get personal tuition from a world expert in perennial planting.
Perennial plants are plants that live for more than 2 years (unlike annual plants which die annually).
Perennials have become the most popular garden plants, not just because of their beauty and the ease with which they can be grown, but because they are at the heart of a planting style which is more naturalistic, more sustainable, and often lower maintenance than many traditional garden styles.
This course aims at helping you understand the connections between perennials as wild plants in their natural environment, and as garden plants, helping you select the right plants for your situation. We look at their long-term performance, and how they can be used alongside other garden plants.
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 14 hours 20 minutes to complete including:
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Noel on your perennial plans.
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Ane
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Collection of 12 courses
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12 Courses • 10 Expert TutorsThe Garden Design Diploma include a collection of garden design courses - taught by expert garden designers.
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