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Professional Planting Design
Course overview
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.
Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.
Lesson summary
Form, Texture & Habit
Learn how the size, shape and surface of leaves influences our perception of plants.
Colour and Design Principles
Understand how colours influence the mood of a garden and how we perceive the dimensions of a space.
The Role of Plants in The Planting Scheme
Explore the role of structural planting and focal point plants in a planting scheme.
Seasonal Colour & Excitement
Consider the different techniques for utilising seasonal colour and excitement, from seasonal bedding plants to the more naturalist meadow style.
Considering Plant Selection
Explore all the factors that will determine the success of your planting scheme, and how to garden ecologically.
Drawing Up the Planting Plan
Learn how to create a three-dimensional planting plan.
Planting Styles
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.
Plant Schedule
Understand how to prepare a plant schedule, and why you need to consider suppliers, maintenance, and your neighbours.
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