The Complete Garden Design Course – 3. How To Design

A course explaining the techniques of design used by professional garden designers and landscape architects

Created by: Henry Mead
Garden and Landscape Designer

What Will I Learn?

• Master all the essential skills and techniques of designing gardens used by professional garden designers and landscape architects
• Follow step by step design demonstrations from empty bare garden plots to finished illustrated designs filmed from above a drawing board
• Undertake in your own time 13 design exercises supported by download resources
• Create your own designs for six different gardens of varying size, shape and complexity in different design styles, using supplied base plans
• Learn how to critically assess your own design work to achieve the best results
• Learn all the important design considerations needed to create original and attractive gardens and how to find inspiration for your designs

Requirements

• No pre-existing skills are needed for this course.
• However it would be useful to have learnt the techniques taught in the first two courses in this series on Design Principles and Drawing Techniques before starting this course.
• A list of drawing equipment needed to complete the design exercises is provided at start of Section 2 of the course.

Target audience

• This course has been written for anyone who wants to learn the skills and techniques of how to design original and beautiful gardens.