Garden Design

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Full time: On campus

Part time: On campus

Part time: Online

Duration

Four days weekly over one academic year

Tuition

8:1 teaching ratio

Timetable

Course dates:

September 2025 - July 2026

Duration

Two days weekly over one academic year

Tuition

8:1 teaching ratio

Timetable

Course dates:

September 2025 - July 2026

Duration

One, two or three years

Tuition

8:1 teaching ratio

Timetable

Course start dates:

September 2025

Overview

The Inchbald Diploma Garden Design provides you with a solid foundation from which you may embark on a fulfilling and successful career.

Whichever mode of study you choose, you will acquire a rounded skills set. Teaching is delivered by professional designers who develop your understanding of design as it relates to the garden, enabling you to acquire spatial awareness and develop up-to-the-minute visualisation skills, both manual and computer aided design (CAD) based. You will develop a comprehensive portfolio of designs of varying complexity during the course.

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Course content

The course is made up of six modules: Design, Design Analysis, Graphics, Planting Design, Construction, and Business.

The design module will enable you to apply theory to live projects, while in design analysis you will explore the current and proposed use of a site along with the wider context, surroundings and demographic criteria. Graphics provides an intensive introduction to the principles of drawing, which are then developed across a range of design exercises, introducing various techniques and software packages. A research project directs you to explore the plant kingdom in microcosm, teaching the design application of plants as three-dimensional masses. Construction facilitates exploration of the artistic, decorative, technical and practical aspects of hard landscaping. Detailed lectures will develop your problem-solving skills whilst the final Business module will prepare you for working as a professional garden designer.

Who is it aimed at?

Those exploring garden design as a professional vocation.

Key info & fees

Full time: On campus

Students must be aged 18 or over with 'A' levels of equivalent. A good command of written and spoken English and basic computer skills are required.
Fees: £30,500 (inc VAT)

Part time: On campus

Students must be aged 18 or over with 'A' levels of equivalent. A good command of written and spoken English and basic computer skills are required.
Fees: £13,000 (inc VAT)

Part time: Online

The Inchbald online Diploma Garden Design can be taken as a one, two or three year course of study.
Students completing a one year course receive the Inchbald Diploma in the Principles and Practice of Garden Design.
Students completing a two year course gain an Inchbald Diploma in the Advanced Principles and Practices of Garden Design.
Students completing all three years are awarded with the Inchbald Diploma in Garden Design.
One year course fees: £7,015 (£5,845.83 ex VAT)
Two year course fees (inclusive of both years): £10,879 (£9,0655.83 ex VAT)
Three year course fees (inclusive of all three years): £14,755 (£12,295.83 ex VAT)
Students must be aged 18 or over with 'A' levels or equivalent. A good command of written and spoken English and basic computer skills are required.