Course Objectives:

• 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

• Elements of Design
• Basic Ground rules and principles of design
• Questions – Design principles exercise
• Assignment

Module 2: Landscaping techniques and styles

• Landscaping techniques
• Landscaping styles + exercise
• Discovering your own style + exercise
• Discovering your garden – exercise
• Assignment

Module 3: Re-designing, special features and planning

• Re-designing existing gardens + exercise
• Special features used in design
• The indigenous factor and environmental planning
• Basic drawing techniques and requirements
• Questions – dissection of plan
• Assignment – make a scale drawing

Module 4: Soil and planting

• Soil, composting, features and site prep
• Personal commitment and patience in design
• Basic planting combinations
• Plant list – trees, shrubs, groundcovers, grasses
• Questions
• Assignment – design plan representing what you have learnt