Landscaping III

Overview

This Landscaping III course from Warnborough College 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.

Course 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.

• 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.