Landscaping Foundations (I)

Landscaping Foundations (I)

Course info

This course contains the most essential aspects of a full professional landscape design qualification. If you are only going to do one short course, and you are really serious about garden design, this is ideal! 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 effects.

What will you achieve from this course?

At the end of this 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.

Lessons:

•     Basic Design Procedure A. - collecting pre-planning information, landscape elements, principles.
•     History of Gardening - garden styles and themes, famous designers, garden influences.
•     Drafting & Contracting - drawing techniques, specifications, details.
•     Basic Landscape Construction - timber, steps, retainer walls, pathways, play structures.
•     Surfacing - concrete, asphalt, gravels, mulches, grasses, gradients.
•     Furnishings & Features - chairs, statues, figurines, birdbaths, skateboards, safety.
•     Park Design A - good/bad park design characteristics, recreational landscaping.
•     Home Garden design - good/bad garden design characteristics.
•     Design Procedure B - development of concept plans and detailed planting plans.
•     Park Design B - development of park design, fun & fitness trails.
•     Special Assignment - comprehensive landscape design development.

Course Delivery

This course is able to be completed either online or by correspondence.

Work Load  | Full time: 12hrs per week |  Part time: 6hrs per week |  Total Duration 100hrs

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