Design your own garden

City Lit

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In London

£ 329 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Recognise how the basic principals of garden design can help you add an extra room in your garden. Learn how to select materials and plants suitable for your needs and environment to harmoniously link the house with the garden. Add interest and drama to create a well planned, considered layout while still designing a functional space.

** Please bring a printed selection of design ideas from magazines or the internet to your first class.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Draw your garden plan to scale 1:50
- Create a mood board as your style guide for hard landscaping and planting
- Recognise the rules that help make a successful garden design
- Suggest methods of creating privacy and reducing noise for your design
- Create a simple planting combination for your garden.

Basic drawing equipment including scale rulers will be provided. In addition students should bring an A4 pad of layout paper, scrapbook, pencil, eraser, and a couple of fine point black fibre tip pens. Please also bring a printed selection of ideas from magazines or the internet to your first class.
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If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK's leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy

The course will be a combination of practical workshops, lectures, informal group discussions and demonstrations taught in the classroom.

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Subjects

  • Garden Design
  • Design

Course programme

- The principles and styles of city garden design
- How to measure and analysis your space to draw your plan to scale
- How to research for inspiration and create a mood board for your style
- How to combine hard landscaping with planting for city gardens
- How to successfully integrate the house and garden with design techniques to maximise your space
- Combining hard landscaping with planting for city gardens.

Additional information

This course is designed to give you the confidence to use the skills you will learn as a springboard to more advanced study in Garden Design. You may wish to further develop your skills and interest in Design through a range of courses at the City Lit in garden design and other disciplines that would compliment or enhance your existing skills. You can enhance your digital drawing skills through courses in Sketchup Pro and Vectorworks. You can explore your interest in Art and Design through our Art and Design Portfolio course and prepare for a career in Art and Design on the Foundation course in Art and Design. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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