About The Institute

 

In operation since 1998, the Institute serves the needs of people who are or who want to become garden designers.

The Institute’s Tutors are full-time garden designers, who bring their on-the-job experience to the course. You'll get advice directly from active practitioners - not armchair theorists.

The Institute is wholly financed by its members, from its courses and subscriptions, from lectures and published material. It brings together all kinds of garden designers, novices and long-standing experts alike.

Accreditation

We're accredited by the Open and Distance Learning Quality Council (ODLQC).

Set up by the government in 1968, the ODLQC is one of the prime accreditation bodies for distance learning courses.

To achieve accreditation, we undergo a rigorous and continuous assessment, by independent experts, of all aspects of our work, including administration, learner support, educational materials, and publicity. And because we're regularly inspected, we have to we have to work hard to maintain quality to keep that accreditation.

We're also accredited by the Better Business Bureau, and by Public Eye.


Home Study Courses Ltd is a Company Registered in England with the Company Number 3524886.
Head Office: Honeycombe House, Bagley, Wedmore. BS28 4TD

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The Institute of Garden Design
Overbrook Business Centre
Poolbridge Road
Blackford, Wedmore
Somerset BS28 4PA, UK
Tel: 0800 781 1715
Contact: Miki Petrusic in Sydney, Australia.
Tel: +61 2 9620 4066.