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Designing your own garden can be one of the most creative things you ever do - a living sculpture that gives you years of enjoyment.
The secret to good garden design is a plan.
This course is designed to teach you how to design (or renovate) and maintain a home garden. Most importantly it aims to develop a solid understanding of the principles and procedures of garden design and development. Although consideration is given to construction, this course focuses on design; a well designed garden, designed by a knowledgeable gardener or designer will flow, have unity and fit well into the surrounding landscape. This course is relevant to both small and large landscapes, new gardens, or old gardens in need of improvement or refining.
The course is made up of ten lessons with an assignment for each. All assignments will require written answers to set questions (sometimes drawings - the principles of landscape drawing are covered in the course) plus a plant collection. .
Course Structure
The ten lessons are as follows:
Designing Gardens - the basics of design concepts through to understanding how to use them.
Styles of Gardens - formal, informal, natural, and other themes.
Drawing Plans ‑Designing Gardens - learn how to draw basic landscape features and garden designs.
Understanding Soils - clays, loams, sands - how to identify them and treat them for better plant growth.
Basic Landscape Construction - what is involved to build basic structures like steps, walls, paths, etc.
Weeds and Pests - how to identify and treat garden weeds and pests.
Planting and Pruning - techniques to plant, prune and care for garden plants.
Lawns, paving and other surfacing - care for various surfaces
Garden Features - how to select and use garden features in a landscape.
Developing "YOUR" Garden - Special Project
To broaden your plant identification skills and knowledge, six plants are to be collected and submitted with each assignment. You will press the specimens and label them with both scientific and common names plus details of size and shape, conditions it will grow in, maintenance requirements, lifespan, appearance (and any way its appearance might change throughout the year) plus several recommendations as to suitable situations it could be used in by the landscaper. This is a beautiful resource you can also use for future reference
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