Professional Planting Garden Design Course – with Hilary Thomas acclaimed garden designer, lecturer and writer

Whether you're an amateur or professional, 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. This eight week course will give you the know how and confidence to create enduring designs with maximum impact.

With this course, you’ll learn how to create a garden with a sense of year-round unity and wellbeing. You will learn all about selecting plants for their visual, aesthetic and structural properties, how to assess your site conditions, and the process of creating a planting plan on paper. Together, we will explore different styles of garden such as naturalist, minimalist and cottage garden, and discuss the things to consider if you’re setting up in business.

Professional Planting Design

Learning Outcome: By the end of this course, you will have an appreciation of the different ways in which the colour, shape and structure of plants can dramatically alter any outdoor space, and how to design and maintain effective planting schemes.

Week One: Form, Texture & Habit

Learn how the size, shape and surface of leaves influences our perception of plants.

Week Two: Colour & Design Principles

Understand how colours influence the mood of a garden and how we perceive the dimensions of a space.

Week Three: The Role of Plants

Explore the role of structural planting and focal point plants in a planting scheme.

Week Four: Seasonal Beauty

Consider the different techniques for utilising seasonal colour and excitement, from seasonal bedding plants to the more naturalist meadow style.

Week Five: Plant Selection

Explore all the factors that will determine the success of your planting scheme, and how to garden ecologically.

Week Six: Drawing A Plan

Learn how to create a three-dimensional planting plan.

Week Seven: 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.

Week Eight: Plant Schedules

Understand how to prepare a plant schedule, and why you need to consider suppliers, maintenance, and your neighbours.

Garden Designers, Landscape Architects, Landscape Designers, Landscape Gardeners, Gardeners, Master Gardeners, Head Gardeners, Garden Centre Owners and Employees, Horticulturalists, Conservationists, Ecologists, Landscapers, Teachers, Ground Maintenance, Landscape Manager, Florists, Hobbyists

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This course is popular for people already working in the gardening, floristry and horticultural industry and those looking to train as you get personal access to the most acclaimed gardeners and florists in the UK.