Andrew Fisher Tomlin, our Director of Environmental Design teaches on our unique Planting Design Diploma as well as training students in planting design on the Kew Diploma. He will explore how designers are using a range of contemporary planting design approaches in their day-to-day work, introducing you to different contemporary planting approaches including ornamental and naturalistic design processes and introducing new ideas around wilding.

Whether you are a garden enthusiast or an early career designer wanting to refresh your skills, this day will support you in creating rich, engaging planting in your own garden and other spaces. There will be an exercise in contemporary ornamental planting design for which you have the option of bringing a measured drawing of your own borders or choose the one supplied.

As part of the day Andrew will lead us on a short tour of some of the planting at Kew Gardens to provide some inspiration to take away.

FAQs

Entry to Kew Gardens is included. Refreshments through the day can be purchased from the Orangery restaurant that adjoins our training room.

You will be sent instructions in advance of the day with where to go in order to gain free entry to Kew Gardens and how to find our training room at The Orangery Conference Room to the side of the Orangery Restaurant. Kew Gardens’ gates open at 10am and we will start at 10.15am. We will finish by 4.30pm.

Please visit our main website for location details on how to get to Kew Gardens, public transport and parking options.

Image credit Andrew Fisher Tomlin