Thinking about designing outdoor spaces for a living? You work through site analysis, design briefs, planting, turf, hardscaping and styling. You finish with a portfolio you can show people.
Homeowners pay for outdoor spaces that are planned well.
You leave with work you can put in front of clients.
Twelve months of access takes the rush out of it.
Garden design work runs on drawings, plant sense and a clear brief. Days look like site visits, sketching, choosing plants and pricing the build.
Draw up plans for small outdoor spaces.
Turn a client brief into a workable layout.
Design private gardens for homeowners.
Support a designer through briefs and plans.
Put planting and turf plans into the ground.
Help run a garden project start to finish.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every job is different, and some ask for more study or experience.
Ten topics, from reading a site to styling the finished space.
Three things that stand out.
Location and site come before any planting plan.
Plants, turf, paving and structures all get covered.
Built with Ulleo, an education partner of the college.
Plus CPD credits and a portfolio
Issued by the college on successful completion.
Work you can show clients or an employer.
Credits that count toward professional growth.
Freelance design, a landscaping firm, or your own gardens.
An advisor is straight about what this covers.
Upfront, or weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
Enrol and open the first topics.
None at all. The course starts with what a design brief is.
Twelve months of access, and around sixty hours of material.
None, ever. You move through the topics at your own speed.
Yes. You build a portfolio of your design work.
Yes. Hardscaping sits beside the planting topics.
It is delivered with Ulleo, an education partner of the college.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. It is not a QQI course and not a national award. In design work, clients hire on the portfolio, and that is what you build here.
There is a fourteen day money back window, minus the administration fee.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy with its education partner Ulleo.
The college is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office.
Picture the client walking out into the garden you drew on paper.