Garden Design & Maintenance Diploma – CPD Certified

Garden Design & Maintenance Diploma – CPD Certified

Do you have a love for nurturing the great outdoors, are you a green-fingered gardener? Have you ever thought about obtaining a garden design diploma?

With this course you could become a qualified gardener just like thousands of other people have with our courses. For a one-off fee you can study online and complete the diploma in about 15 hours.

The comprehensive syllabus is supported by experienced tutors who are there to help you through email. With 29 modules to cover, you can learn everything from ‘how to build a pond’ to ‘plant selection and care’.

Your qualification will be recognised and can be checked for validity by all of your future clients too! Take a step in the right direction and get your Garden Design Diploma today.

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What You Will Learn

The twenty nine modules included in this Garden Design and Maintenance Diploma are brimming with information to help you jump start your gardening career and turn your hobby and passion into a money-making opportunity.

• Learn the basics of gardening from the various soil types to plant planning and purchasing.
• Identify an effective garden planning process from the initial consultation with the client through to site surveys, maintenance planning, to the final and completed project.
• Know different garden design styles. Learn how to gain inspiration throughout the day, how to design a mood board and how to implement your design effectively for the best results.
• Understand site surveys, approvals and measuring techniques. Learn how to use survey maps, photographic records and what surveys and appraisals you are going to need before you begin.
• Learn the benefits of project planning.
• Know the five forms that should be included in all your client packs.
• Learn more about drawing a plan and essential graphic skills.
• Know the various surfaces and materials, understand what hard landscaping is and how to deal with it.
• Know the secrets of great soil.
• Understand the importance of the right plan selection and care. This includes use of colours to make an impact.
• Gain valuable plant knowledge that you can use daily to make the best choices based on your design, garden location and finish.
• Learn how to identify high maintenance areas within any garden. Know the different options when it comes to low maintenance planning.
• Learn the importance of sustainability. Know what plants to use, about water conservation and how to recycle and reuse when working in any garden.
• Learn essential tips for reducing maintenance in difficult to manage and overgrown gardens.
• Know what equipment you are going to need, what equipment you will need for certain jobs and what each item is capable of.
• Get a good understanding of the most common garden pests, natural and chemical pesticides, integrated pest management and how to come up with a pest management plan that will work.
• Identify effective solutions for difficult gardens from adding container plants to adding additional irrigation and more.
• Know what to plan in a herb and vegetable garden.
• Know what you need to start your own gardening business to achieve success.
• Learn more about marketing your business, health and safety in the workplace, insurance, tax and record keeping, just to name a few of the points covered in this industry recognised course.
• Gain valuable insight into raising flower beds, laying patios, decking, fencing, know more about artificial grass, how to lay lawn and how to build a fish pond.

You will learn over 29 modules during the Garden Design Diploma

• Module 1: Gardening Basics
• Module 2 : Garden Design Process
• Module 3 : Garden Design Styles
• Module 4 : Survey, Site Appraisal & Measuring Techniques
• Module 5 : Planning Your Projects
• Module 6 : Proportion Illusions & Effective Use of Space
• Module 7 : Drawing a Plan & Graphics skills
• Module 8 : Surface & Materials / Hard Landscaping
• Module 9 : Secrets of Great Soil
• Module 10 : Plant Selection & Care
• Module 11 : Plant Knowledge
• Module 12 : Low Maintenance Gardens/Planting
• Module 13 : Sustainability
• Module 14 : Garden Maintenance
• Module 15 : Equipment
• Module 16 : Pest Control
• Module 17 : Solutions to Difficult Gardens
• Module 18 : Vegetable and Herb Gardens
• Module 19 : Running your own Gardening Business
• Module 20: Marketing and Social Media
• Module 21: Health and Safety
• Module 22: Insurance, Tax, VAT and Record Keeping
• Module 23: How to build raised flower beds
• Module 24: How to lay a patio
• Module 25: Decking
• Module 26: How to Put Up Garden Fencing
• Module 27: How to turf a garden / lay a lawn
• Module 28: How to lay artificial grass areas
• Module 29: How to Build a Garden Pond

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

This courses is for anyone who has a love of gardening.

Student Testimonials for our Garden Design course:

Elizabeth Boucher - Bristol

The course is very well structured and in an easy to use format

The course is very well structured and in an easy to use format that lets you study at your own pace.

The course is broken down into modules which makes each section achievable and helps you manage your time effectively. The course content is very varied encompassing all basic need to know topics as well as those required for garden design and garden maintenance.

Customer support was also very good especially when starting the course when I needed assistance. I will definitely be using this platform again for future courses as there appears to be a wide range of subjects to study.

Laurie Bednarczuk - Manchester

The course is full of interesting and useful information

The course is full of interesting and useful information to know more about garden design and maintenance.

All the modules are easy to understand and gave me strong basics and confidence to start my own garden design business. Also I found the course very interactive, with images to illustrate the modules, garden design plans examples... so I could really visualise what was meant in each module.

Considering the online aspect, I found the website very easy to use and I appreciated the fact that I could keep a trace of my course by downloading the modules on my own laptop.

Juliane Ramallo - Hemel Hempstead

Thank you so much

Hello people! This has been a great course for me. I have learned everything I will need to maintain my own and other people's gardens in the future. I just love the Garden design and maintenance course. Thank you so much.

Lauren Spice - Aldershot

Highly recommended!

Thoroughly enjoying this course. It's great that I can study at my own pace with no time restrictions so I can do a little or a lot each time depending on what time I have a available.

So much useful information I will be be able to apply not only to landscaping specifically but also to business in general & day to day gardening both personally & professionally.

The chapters are easy to follow, the estimated time helps schedule your time appropriately & the questions at the end of each chapter make sure you have understood correctly.

Highly recommended!

Our Course is fully compatible with PC’s, Mac’s, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone devices. Now more than ever people are using the internet while on the move so our course has been designed to be fully compatible on tablets and smartphones so you can access your course on wifi, 3G or 4G.

There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

All tests are online and are taken either during or after the course, these are included in the price.

With experience, you could become senior or head gardener.

You could also set up your own business, offering a service to private customers.

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