Landscaping Courses

Cottage Garden Design Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 8 lessons

Learn to design a cottage garden, applying broad concepts and principles loosely or rigidly to create a landscape sympathetic to a period in history and/or style of architecture. This course involves using heritage or old world plants and features (eg. formal to semi formal; designs, arches, arbors, statues, gazebos, picket fencing, etc.
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Garden Styles Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 10 lessons

Learn to apply the principles, design features and elements that make up many types and styles of gardens. This is an outstanding course for even experienced landscape designers, developing skills in developing everything from a formal to an eclectic garden, and a mediterranean to an oriental landscape.
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Landscape Construction Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 10 lessons

This course develops your knowledge of how to construct or build a landscape - as distinct from designing a landscape. Learn to construct or build a garden the "right" way. This course provides a good grounding for someone entering the landscape industry.
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Landscaping I Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 10 lessons

At the end of this 100 course you will be able to design a garden, and will have a foundation for further studies in specific areas of landscape design, development or management. Learn the principles that underpin all design. See how garden styles have evolved over the centuries, and broaden your understanding of how to use different garden components to create varying affects.

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Landscaping II Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 12 lessons

A natural progression from Landscaping I, but a self contained study unit in its own right. This course concentrates on the detail of creating individual components in a landscape that are the difference between a good and a great garden.

For a garden to be good it needs well nourished soil and healthy plants. However a great garden comprises many other components that include furnishings, buildings, water features, fences, drainage and irrigation systems, paths, driveways, entertainment and other outdoor living areas.

In this course you learn to design and build such things as walls, rockeries, steps, ponds, and paving; and you develop skills to create specific effects in a garden. 

It is equally suited to those already working or looking to work in the industry, or enthusiastic gardeners with good basic landscaping knowledge.



 

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Landscaping III (Landscaping Styles) Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 10 lessons

Learn to apply the principles, design features and elements that make up many types and styles of gardens. This is an outstanding course for even experienced landscape designers, developing skills in developing everything from a formal to an eclectic garden, and a mediterranean to an oriental landscape.

 

LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF GARDENS

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Natural Garden Design Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 8 lessons

A natural garden is one that appears to be a relatively natural occurrence: not contrived or planned by man, and not maintained with any substantial input by man. Although natural gardens may, in fact, be planned, and may require routine maintenance; it is just these things are not obvious.

Natural gardens frequently make use of the indigenous flora, or native plants of a particular area. It might make use of other plants as well. Your choice of plants for a natural garden will largely depend upon what affect you are trying to achieve. To appear informal a natural garden should have curves rather than being angular; is informal rather than formal and tends to incorporate nature rather than manipulate it.

Over ten lessons this course develops your understanding of how natural environments work and the concepts of natural garden design. Know how to produce concept and detailed innovative plans for low maintenance natural gardens (eg. woodland gardens, desert gardens, wild gardens, indigenous plant gardens, etc.) using indigenous plants or a mixture of indigenous and other plants) plus suitable landscape features.

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Plant Selection And Establishment Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 8 lessons

This subject aims to provide you with a firm basis for the selection, establishment and maintenance of a range of commonly used garden plants.
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Playground Design Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 8 lessons

This course develops a sound understanding of the design and construction of small community parks and playgrounds.  A valuable course for parks managers or designers, .the course covers playground philosophy, design of play structures (for function and safety), materials selection, community participation and park design.
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Qualification - Diploma In Landscaping Duration icon 2100 hours Qualification icon Diploma

Tap into Your Creativity

Become a Landscape Designer

Extensive training for an exceptional career a landscape contractor or garden designer. An experiential learning program incorporating lots of practical experience together with sound training in foundation knowledge required for a successful and sustained career. Learn to design all types of landscapes, manage projects and to adapt and confront new problems as they arise.

This course has been developed by a team of highly respected, qualified and experienced landscape professionals from the U.K., Spain, Australia, and several other countries. DI

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Qualification -Advanced Diploma In Horticulture - Landscaping Duration icon 2500 hours Qualification icon Advanced Diploma

This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C.
This course provides comprehensive training to a professional level for employment as a garden designer, landscape technician, contractor or manager.
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Qualification -Certificate In Garden Design Duration icon 600 hours Qualification icon Certificate

Become a Garden Designer

An effective training program for people working, or wishing to work, in the landscape industry; either in their own business, or at a supervisory level for someone else. Develops both your design skills, as well as basic knowledge in other areas of concern to the landscaper (eg. horticultural practices, management, plant identification and use, and marketing). On completion of this course the student should be able to draw landscape plans, compile specifications, and prepare cost estimates. There are thirty lessons taking around 600 hours to complete. Recognised through International Accreditation & Recognition Council

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Qualification -Certificate In Horticulture (Landscaping & Garden Design) Duration icon 700 hours Qualification icon Certificate

A 700 hour accredited course designed to train landscape contractors and/or designers. This course develops skills in general horticulture, plant identification and use, designing, costing and constructing gardens. This course is similar to other VHT002 horticulture certificates in its introductory (core) units, but devotes 50% of the course to topics specifically related to landscaping. Accredited through International Accreditation & recognition Council
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Royal Horticultural Society Certificate II in Horticulture Duration icon 150 hours Qualification icon Certificate Lessons icon 10 lessons

This vocationally-oriented course comprises core studies in general horticulture plus specialised elective studies. The course is designed to lay a foundation for a long-term career in horticulture by developing the ability to identify a large range of plants, knowledge of essential horticultural principles and practices and practical skills in plant propagation, growth and care. This course provides certification from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) UK and a UK accredited qualification..
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Water Gardening Duration icon 100 hours Qualification icon Statement of Attainment Lessons icon 8 lessons

Develop your skills in designing, constructing and maintaining a variety of different types of water gardens.
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