Garden design and planting for beginners

- Draw your garden plan to scale 1:50
- Use garden design principles in your plan
- Create a mood board for your urban garden style
- Create a list of different materials and plants that you will use and drawn a basic planting combination
- Apply design techniques to improve difficult areas in your garden.
What students have achieved on their course:
“More awareness of planting scheme – colour variations. How to begin drawing and planting.” PH
“Feel more confident now. There is light at the end of the tunnel.” CJ
“Have garden plan to take home and work on so achieved my aim.” JL
“Better knowledge of which plants will work in my space and ideas for making the space more interesting.” MR
“I feel confident to go on and design my own garden. I have learned about a wide range of topics related to garden design and now know where to go to do further research. I have enjoyed the course.”

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