Professional Landscape & garden Design

Professional Landscape & Garden Design

Successful landscape and garden design work requires imagination. flair and creativity together with an understanding and appreciation of several quite distinct skills. It is unusual to find a person with all the necessary knowledge, skills, aptitude, creativity and imagination to be competent in all the subject areas involved and it is for this reason that clearly defined, but overlapping, divisions are so evident within the profession.

Because of the range and interdependence of the skills and knowledge required within the various areas, landscape and garden design, as a subject, presents considerable difficulties to tutors and course authors, and it is perhaps for this reason that we are one of the very few colleges that are able to offer comprehensive home study courses covering all aspects of the subject. The main prerequisites for successful garden design include a sound understanding of horticulture (the first and most important element), design principles and practice, hard landscaping and construction and, of course, business.

The changes with regard to award accreditation have complicated the construction of dedicated courses and we suggest that those interested in our former ‘Complete Garden Design’ look at the new, combined RHS level 2 and 3. The IHRS Professional Garden Design group currently comprises three core courses:

Garden Design - An Introduction to Garden Design

Garden Design at Levels 3 & 4

RHS Horticulture with Garden Design