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Garden Design Short Courses

Whilst our Diplomas are aimed at professionals with long-term career development goals our short course programme is aimed at offering accessible skills-training to a wider audience. We run classroom-based and online professional development courses for those already working in the landscape professions and who especially want to develop their skills in design. Courses are delivered online and at various venues across the UK including the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and at RHS Garden Wisley in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society.


Garden Design Short Courses

Introduction to Sustainable Garden & Planting Design


  Andrew Fisher Tomlin
  13 Jun, 2024 – 13 Jun, 2024
  10:30 am – 4:00 pm
  RHS Garden Wisley
  £108.50 (£90 for RHS Members)

Summer Planting Design Workshop


  Amanda Patton
  15 Aug, 2024 – 15 Aug, 2024
  10:30 am – 4:00 pm
  RHS Garden Wisley
  £108.50 (£90 for RHS Members)

So You Want To Be A Garden Designer


  Nina Baxter & Andrew Wilson
  10 Aug, 2024 – 10 Aug, 2024
  10:30 am – 4:00 pm
  RHS Garden Wisley
  £88.50 (£70 for RHS Members)

Garden Design Drawing Skills


  Andrew Wilson
  29 Aug, 2024 – 29 Aug, 2024
  10:30 am – 4:00 pm
  RHS Garden Wisley
  RHS Member £90, Non Member £108.50

Planting design at Kew – Design your own borders with Andrew Fisher Tomlin


  Andrew Fisher Tomlin
  12 Sep, 2024 – 12 Sep, 2024
  10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Kew Gardens
  £159

Everything you ever wanted to know about show gardens


  Various
  20 Sep, 2024 – 20 Sep, 2024
  10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Kew Gardens
  £159

Garden Design Drawing Skills: Perspective


  Andrew Wilson
  4 Oct, 2024 – 4 Oct, 2024
  10:30 am – 4:00 pm
  RHS Garden Wisley
  RHS Member £90, Non Member £108.50

Planting design at Kew – Edibles in design with Mark Diacono


  Mark Diacono
  4 Oct, 2024 – 4 Oct, 2024
  10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Kew Gardens
  £159

Discovery day – So You Want to be a Garden Designer?


  James Aldridge, Nina Baxter and other experts
  1 Nov, 2024 – 1 Nov, 2024
  10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Kew Gardens
  £59

The Business of Garden Design: Digital Design Software for Garden Designers


  John Wood
  7 Nov, 2024 – 7 Nov, 2024
  10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Kew Gardens
  £179

The Business of Garden design: CAD – SketchUp for iPad & Morpholio Trace


  John Wood
  14 Nov, 2024 – 14 Nov, 2024
  10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Kew Gardens
  £179

The Business of Garden design: CAD – Procreate


  John Wood
  21 Nov, 2024 – 21 Nov, 2024
  10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Kew Gardens
  £179

The Business of Garden design: Making money from your design business


  Various
  28 Nov, 2024 – 28 Nov, 2024
  10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Kew Gardens
  £159

Info Burst Catch Up


  Various
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  Recording of Live Event
  £8 Catch Up recording

Catch up with Horti:couture


  Amy de la Haye, Sam McKnight, Jo Thompson, Mairi Mackenzie, Geoffrey Munn OBE, MVO, Justine Picardie and Chairman – Andrew Fisher Tomlin
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  Recording of Live Event
  £29 Catch Up recording