Garden Design Workshop Summer School 2009

If you’re interested in gardens and garden design, this three-day course will provide an invaluable introduction. The emphasis throughout will be on what makes gardens successful, and as well as understanding some of the key concepts and ideas underpinning both traditional and contemporary garden design, you will be experimenting with ideas for real and hypothetical garden spaces.

Dates: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday June 2009 – exact dates to be confirmed.

Time: 10am to 5pm Wednesday (an hour break for lunch), Thursday 9 am to 6 pm (half hour break for lunch) on Friday 10 am until 4.30 pm (an hour break for lunch).

Venue: University College Falmouth Garden Design Studio, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ.

Price: £255 (includes transport to gardens and entrance fees excludes lunch)

As well as short lectures, workshop exercises and discussion groups, there will be visits to some of Cornwall’s most beautiful gardens some famous and some surprising ones you may not know — where the layout and content of these established spaces will be explained in design terms. The course will also show you how to develop your own ideas, how to apply the design principles you have learned and how to communicate your design intentions to suppliers, builders, specialists and contractors. We will also briefly discuss budget estimating and realistic construction costs. You will be shown a wide range of ideas which underpin gardens. Whether you’re interested in pursuing a career in garden design or simply want to gain the skills and confidence to tackle to your own garden space, this course will be both informative and fun. Read more