Landscaping Programme in England

Garden Design School:
Located at Painshill Park, Cobham, Surrey, (15 miles from London) Garden Design School is a UK college specialising exclusively in garden design. Over 80% of teaching is undertaken by the college's founders, Moira Farnham and Robin Templar Williams. They are both accomplished, respected, freelance garden designers and have a combined 28 years experience teaching various garden design courses and workshops both at home and abroad. They are also Registered Members of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) and have designed and built award-winning gardens at the RHS's Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows. Students taking the Diploma course typically come from all walks of life, and have previously ranged in age from 22 to 64. The course provides them with professional, structured training and is the perfect springboard for a career in the exciting, expanding garden design industry.

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Diploma
The School provides first class professional training in all major creative and technical aspects of garden design. Students are also taught many of the other skills they are likely to need to launch a successful career as a garden designer. Class sizes are limited to a maximum of eighteen students, allowing plenty of time for ‘one-to-one’ teaching contact.

The Diploma course is divided into four major strands which run throughout the 34 weeks. Days spent at college are generally a mix of lectures and practical studio work.

Several lecture days, especially at the beginning of the course, are run jointly by Garden Design School’s two principals, Robin Templar Williams and Moira Farnham. This means that all students receive plenty of individual attention in these crucial early stages.

The four main areas of learning covered by the course are:
- Design Principles and Drawing 
- Hard Landscaping
- Soft Landscaping 
- Professional Practice
 
 
CAD Course 
- Concepts, Getting Started and Configuring Landmark
- Basic Two Dimensional (2D) Drawing Concepts 
- Drawing Up a Simple Plan including House and Boundary 
- Adding Hard Landscaping 
- Adding Planting 
- Organising the Drawing 
- Viewports and Sheets – Ready to Print 
- Three Dimensional (3D) Drawing 
- Site Modelling
- Workshop Session