Course CodeBHT235Fee CodeS2Duration (approx)100 hoursQualificationTo obtain formal documentation the optional exam(s) must be completed which will incur an additional fee of £30. Alternatively, a letter of completion may be requested. Understanding Garden Styles Helps you Create Better Designs The knowledge gained from this course will allow you to extend the options you can offer your clients. It also helps you to develop your own unique style. Learn to apply the principles, design features and elements that make up many types and styles of gardens. This is an outstanding course for even experienced landscape designers, developing skills in developing everything from a formal to an eclectic garden, and a Mediterranean to an oriental landscape. Lesson Structure There are 10 lessons in this course: Creating the Mood Active vs Passive Simple vs. complex Movement vs. Static Light vs. Shade Managing Light and Shade Increasing or Reducing Light Plants that Thrive in Shade Garden Lighting Other Factors that Affect Mood What Do You Want in a Garden Personality in the Garden Keeping it in Scale Colour and the Garden Using Coloured Statuary Other Coloured Surfaces Psychological Effects of Colours Water in the Garden Hot Plants Making a Garden Appear Cooler Site Analysis Macro Design Designing a Garden Room Historic Gardens Introduction Roman Gardens Chinese Gardens Landscape Designers Historic Considerations Other Types of Gardens; formal, informal, natural, resort, permaculture, herb, rose, cottage Cottage Garden Design Cottage Garden Features Plants in a Cottage Garden Federation Gardens Edwardian Gardens Formal Gardens Introduction Design Elements of Formal Gardens Types of Formal Garden; Avenue, hedged beds, etc Planting in Formal Gardens Traditional Ornamentation; Sundials, Weather vanes, Bird Baths Traditional Furniture; seats, pots, arbors, arches, gazebos Formal Courtyards Oriental Gardens Introduction Chinese Gardens Japanese Gardens Types of Japanese Gardens: Hill and Pond, Dry Landscape, Tea Garden, Stroll Garden, Courtyard, Classic Rock Garden Japanese Garden Features; Tori, Shishi-odishi, Moss Garden, Bamboo Fence, Bridges Bonsai Ornamental Grasses Middle Eastern and Spanish Style Introduction Features of Moorish Gardens Sense of Enclosure Mexican Style Mexican Planting Schemes Use of Coloured Gravel Mediterranean Gardens Introduction Features of Mediterranean Gardens Regional Differences Colours Built Landscape Plant Material Use of Paint Veranda Gardens Making the Most of Small Spaces Microclimates Coastal Gardens Coastal Garden Features Temperature, Humidity and Wind Windbreaks Salt and Soil Conditions Coastal Plants Modern Gardens Introduction Technology in the garden; screens, lights, water features, music Maintenance Architecture; shapes and angles, colour, sculpture Courtyards Inner City Gardens Types of Inner City Gardens Future Trends Eclectic Gardens Creating an Eclectic Garden Using Garden Ornaments in an Eclectic Garden Plants Living Art Topiary Hedges Pleaching Miniature Gardens Trough Gardens Pebble Gardens Art Gardens Public Gardens Other Styles Dryland Gardens The Desert Landscape Xeriscapes Australian Bush Garden Cacti and Succulent Gardens Minimalist Landscapes Permaculture Rainforest Gardens Tropical Style Gardens Bird Attracting Gardens Bulb Gardens Aims Explain the use of colour, light, shade, temperature, water, foliage and other elements in establishing the mood of a garden. Describe gardens from different places and periods in history; and in doing so explain how to renovate and/or recreate gardens that reflect the style of different historic periods. Apply the principles, design features and elements that make up a formal garden. T Discuss cultural and historical traditions that contributed to the development and style of the oriental garden. Discuss cultural and historical traditions that have contributed to the development and style of the Middle Eastern and Spanish garden. Discuss the historic, climatic and cultural influences which have contributed to the style of Mediterranean gardens. Discuss design styles of coastal gardens Explain the limitations and potential of coastal sites when preparing a landscape design. Discuss contemporary garden design styles and possible future trends in garden design. Identify the range of diversity possible in garden design. Identify characteristics of different garden styles including eclectic, dryland, permaculture, rainforest and tropical garden styles. Design different styles of gardens. What You Will Do Visit different gardens to assess the mood of each garden. Take time to observe each garden and try to identify the different elements that contribute to the garden mood. Observe how colour has been used in the three different gardens. Observe the colours of both plants and hard surfaces, and the way the colours have been combined. Visit an historic garden in your area. Identify all the different features that make this an historic garden. Visit a formal garden in your area. Identify all the different features that make this a formal garden. Visit an oriental garden either in person or by research. Search for more information on gardens that reflect the styles. Make notes of anything you find which is interesting and could be used in development of a Mediterranean style of garden in the locality in which you live. Visit a coastal region near where you live and observe the type of plants that are growing near the seashore. Also observe the plants and design elements of nearby gardens. (If you are unable to visit a coastal region, use descriptions of coastal sites and gardens from books, magazines and the internet.) Visit a modern courtyard garden (if there is no suitable garden in your area, use a garden described in a book, magazine or on the internet). Identify and describe the elements that make this a ‘modern’ garden. How has the designer overcome the restrictions of the site to create a feeling of spaciousness? Search through telephone books, magazines and the internet to find suppliers of materials suitable for eclectic gardens such as pots, sundials, pebbles, statues, wrought iron, tiles, gazebos, seats, wind chimes, etc. Visit as many suppliers as possible and inspect these materials. Find out about their cost, availability and longevity. Depending upon where you live, visit a dryland, permaculture, tropical, or rainforest garden in your area (if there is no suitable garden in your area, use a garden described in a book, magazine or on the internet). Identify and describe the elements that determine the style of this garden. What Style of Garden Should it be? This course helps you deal with this and the questions that follow: What sort of atmosphere do you want to create? Privacy – do you want the garden for entertainment or for peace and quiet? Views, focal points – where are you going to look at the garden? (The most common view is usually from the kitchen window.) Is there a view you want to hide? Traffic – do you need room for cars? Will pedestrians trample the lawn? Children, pets – do you need room for ball games or for the dog to play? What sort of plants do you like? What sort of plants don’t you like (eg. do you suffer from allergies or hay fever)? How much maintenance do you want to do? Do you want to include an irrigation system? Do you need a clothes line? Would you like an area to grow vegetables? Budget – how much do you want to spend? WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS COURSE? Landscapers Landscape designers Home gardeners Garden centre employees This is an outstanding course for even experienced landscape designers, developing skills in developing everything from a formal to an eclectic garden, and a Mediterranean to an oriental landscape. HOW TO ENROL Click box below on left hand side -follow instructions. IF YOU NEED ADVICE - click here to use our FREE ADVISORY SERVICE