Basic Landscape Design Programme

• To establish a good understanding of the basic principles of design
• Scale, Drawing Process, Legends
• Design Presentation
• Design Planning
• Hard & Soft Landscaping
• Planting Combinations
• Design Philosophies
• Design Themes
• Design Principles
• Design Ground Rules

Module 1: Elements, rules and principles of design

1. Elements of Design
2. Basic Ground rules and principles of design
3. Questions - Design principles exercise
4. Assignment

Module 2: Landscaping techniques and styles 

1. Landscaping techniques
2. Landscaping styles + exercise
3. Discovering your own style + exercise
4. Discovering your garden – exercise
5. Assignment

Module 3: Re-designing, special features and planning

1. Re-designing existing gardens + exercise
2. Special features used in design
3. The indigenous factor and environmental planning
4. Basic drawing techniques and requirements
5. Questions – dissection of plan
6. Assignment – make a scale drawing

Module 4: Soil and planting

1. Soil, composting, features and site prep
2. Personal commitment and patience in design
3. Basic planting combinations
4. Plant list – trees, shrubs, groundcovers, grasses
5. Questions
6. Assignment – design plan representing what you have learnt