Maybe you redesign other people's gardens in your head. This walks through briefs, site analysis, planting, hardscaping and styling. The right fit if you want to design, not just plant.
Purpose, style, brief and site analysis. The thinking that happens before a single plant goes in.
Plant selection, turf, hardscaping and sustainability. The soft and the solid, together.
Two working designers critique your ideas, layouts, planting and presentation.
New builds, renovations and tired back yards all need a plan. The work is easy to picture. A site visit, a sketch, a planting list that suits the soil.
Planning gardens for private clients.
The whole outdoor space, planted and built.
Plants, advice and the people buying them.
Growing things well, and knowing why they fail.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Registered landscape architecture sits behind separate accredited study.
What sets this apart from a garden book.
Jim Fogarty has over 30 years and a Chelsea gold medal.
Design videos, studio-style critiques and hands-on tasks you submit.
Planting workshops, site analysis walkthroughs, layout critiques and guest talks.
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From the college, once the ten topics are done.
Designs two working mentors have critiqued.
CV reviews and interview preparation.
Enquire and an advisor sends the guide and the topics.
Start any day. Pay weekly, or upfront in one go.
Key work goes to Clare or Jim for critique.
Keep the designs you make as you go.
No. There are no entry requirements. It suits keen gardeners and beginners alike.
From $29 a week on a flexible plan, or pay upfront. Enquire to confirm current pricing.
About 80 hours across ten topics, with 6 months of access.
Clare Mackarness and Jim Fogarty. Both are working designers with their own practices.
It is a fast, low cost way to test design. Better to know before committing years. Architecture itself is a registered path with its own accredited study. You get the design craft, mentor critique, and portfolio work.
None. Mentors review your key submissions and give written critique instead.
It comes from an ICOES accredited centre. The centre holds Official Accreditation with the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are different things. Clients hire on the gardens in your portfolio.
There is a 10-Day Money Back Guarantee from the day you enrol.
You enrol through The Career Academy, an online college in Christchurch.
The course is delivered by Ulleo, the college's education partner. The college has run over 15 years. It helps more than 25,000 students a year. Abby, Ulleo's digital assistant, is there day and night.
Picture the season your first design fills out, the planting knits together, and the owner sends you a photo of it.