Garden Design

About this programme

The BA (Hons) Garden Design develops your knowledge and skills in the creative and technical aspects of garden design, preparing you to enter the profession. The course teaches you to approach design through survey and analysis, exploring conceptual development and spatial perception. You undertake two major projects in your final year along with a written reflective report exploring the design development from concept to realisation that details the delivery of a fully realised spatial and decorative solution. The course comprises eleven modules: Introduction to Design, Research and Learning Skills, Skills for Design, Initial Design, Garden Design Process, Garden Design Development and Communication, Professional Practice for Garden Design, and Hard and Soft Landscaping; along with two major design projects and a final written report. The course covers planting, lighting, irrigation, swimming pool design, ecology and sustainability, soils and geology, grasses, pests and diseases, during which time you undertake site visits supported by lectures alongside a varied range of projects covering both residential and public spaces. You will experiment, develop and hone ypur communication skills, learning orthographic projection alongside axonometric and perspective drawing as well as more traditional techniques such as collage, montage, model making and colour rendering. As you progress you are challenged with projects that become more rigorous and detailed, requiring deeper research into the context and historical background of sites. Landscaping focuses on the three-dimensi