Course Overview
The course will inspire you to create great things in your garden, as well as showing you step-by-step how to achieve them. As well as learning how to make your garden beautiful, you'll also find out how to make it practical and easy to live with. And who knows where your new skills could lead!
Pre-requisites
The great news is that you don't need any previous gardening experience to take this course, although ideally you will have access to a garden or plot of land.
Key Topics
- Introduction to Garden Design
- Assessing the Site
- The Site Survey, Site Plan and Site Brief
- The Design Process
- Buildings, Structures and Hard Landscaping
- New Garden Design
- Plants and Planting Plans
- Design Solutions and Plans
Qualification
ICS Diploma in Garden Design
Support
As an ICS student you will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.
What's more, you'll have access to the ICS online Student Community, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.
Assessment
This course includes a number of assessments that you complete as part of your coursework and then forward to your tutor via email or post. Once your tutor has marked and graded your work, they'll send it back to you with their comments, if any.
What our Students Say
"When I first moved house I didn't have a clue what to do in the garden. However ICS provided me with the answer! The coursework was well presented and proved to be very useful to me. I even got a free textbook that I often refer back to. I would recommend the course to anyone interested in improving their green fingers!" Fiona McLeod, ICS Graduate, Glasgow.
Your Future Prospects
The ICS Garden Design Course has been primarily designed to help aspiring garden designers acquire the key skills used by professionals to successfully design gardens, mainly for clients, but also for private use.
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