Managing Notable Gardens

Overview

This Managing Notable Gardens course from Warnborough College is a great course for professional development for lanscapers, superintendents, park managers and curators.

• Discuss efficient management strategies to ensure plant’s long term survival.

• Evaluate sources of funding for notable gardens

• Discuss the issues concerning presentation of a site to visitors

Parks, gardens or pre-conceived grounds all come under the designed landscape umbrella. This also includes parklands, woodlands, water, notable formal and informal gardens. Some areas may be of some scientific or historical significance or contain a wide range of wildlife.

Course Aims

• Examine how conservation management plans for designed landscapes are formulated and how the information gathered is evaluated and verified

• Examine and explain the role of public and interested parties, statutory and non-statutory consultees.

• Examine the role of public funding; evaluate other sources of funding; discuss the implications of grant aid criteria

• Explain issues and procedures associated with the renewal of plant features.

• Develop and outline strategies for creating new features within existing landscapes.

• Describe the processes involved in creating new gardens or landscapes.

• Manage wear and tear on historic gardens and designed landscapes

• Determine appropriate work programs for repair and maintenance of hard landscape features.

• Identify and outline staffing management and training issues, determine labour skill sets requirements.