Become a
Landscape Designer

Do you love gardens? Do you have a flair for plants and design?

If so, you should consider becoming a landscape designer.

But how do you get into landscape design?

It isn't easy. Landscape design is a closed world. Few people know how to lay out a design, how to find clients, or what to charge.

That’s why this course is so useful. It tells you all you need to know about professional landscape design.

Having a client approve your first design is a real thrill. And it’s surpassed only by the pleasure of getting money for it. Imagine getting paid for doing what you enjoy.

Landscape design can be your main work, or it can provide a second income. You can work from home, either part or full time, and you get to meet interesting people.

Wouldn’t you love to spend all day in the fresh air, walking around gardens? Planning how to make them really special? Wouldn't you enjoy having tea in the shade with the earnest owners, showing them how to make their dreams come true?

As a landscape designer, you can work from home. You can fit the work around your other commitments, and decide how much work to take on.

There are very few costs. You just need a phone and a notebook. Virtually every penny you earn is profit.

The Diploma course shows you how to become a professional landscape designer. It's designed to give you the right information when you need it.

The course is a complete learning package, and even includes a starter kit for your first meeting. The Diploma in Landscape Design’ is crammed full of information, tips and exercises. Everything is beautifully packaged to provide you with your own permanent reference library which you can consult long after completing the course.

Constructed by landscape design experts, the course distills years of experience, covering every kind of yard. By taking this course, your success as a landscape designer is assured.

And you don’t need to be good at drawing. We reveal how to produce competent designs - even if you’ve never drawn anything in your life. Plus we give you free landscape design software, which let you draw professional layouts.

To help you fully understand the course material, we set you 13 assignments. These are marked by one of our experienced tutors, who will stay with you throughout the course.

It means your work is checked in a friendly atmosphere before you are exposed to the outside world.

You’ll have unlimited access to your tutor, who'll give you free advice and suggestions on anything to do with landscape design, including your own clients.

And you can always telephone an advisor at the Institute. We love hearing from students.

Unlike other organizations' courses, you can take as long as you want to complete the course.

And remember that our courses are based on the real world. By the end of it, you'll have met all the main problems that a landscape designer encounters. So you won't face any surprises when you meet your first client.

We have students from all over the world, including the USA, Canada, Ireland, France, Australia, New Zealand, France and Portugal.

We take full account of international issues, such as climatic zones.

And thanks to email, your assignments can be marked and returned to you as fast as if you were next door.

The course gives you an invaluable insight into the landscape design world. You can't find these trade secrets disclosed anywhere else. The course is distilled from actual experience, to give you the answers to questions like:

You can complete the course in around nine months, depending on your other commitments. Some students do it faster, while others take longer. That's one advantage of distance learning. You can learn at your own speed.

And there's no time limit on the course. So if you need to be away for six months, you can do so without worrying.

Once you complete the course, you’ll receive your Diploma, which is a recognition of your skills and knowledge.

We also send information about your success to your local newspapers. It’s a good way of telling potential clients that you’re available.

We’ll also put your name on our list of Approved Landscape Designers.

And if you register with the Institute, you can get continuing help after the course.

By the end of the course, you'll have acquired the following skills:

• You'll have learnt the skills of landscape design.

• You'll know how to set up and run a landscape design business

Students who satisfactorily complete the course are awarded the Diploma in Landscape Design. They also receive the Diploma certificate, and the right to use the letters Dip. GD (Inst. GD) after their name.

We've put the course fees in the enrollment form. Just click the link to visit the form.

You should check that this is the right course for you. Compare other landscape design or landscaping courses before enrolling. Here are the main things to check for:

• Can you get a no-quibble refund if the course isn't suitable?
• Does the whole course come in one package (some don't do that)?
• Does the course cover the setting up and marketing of a business (if that is your aim)?
• Is there proper one-to-one tutoring?
• Is the course comprehensive? For example, does it cover topics like garden lighting, or levels?
• Is the course accredited?

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

1. Complete the enrolment form. If you need help or information, e-mail or write or phone us at the Institute. Post the form and payment to us.

2. We’ll send you the full course materials within 14 days (and we don’t cash checks until the course is dispatched).

3. When you get the course, read the first module. It’s laid out in an easy-to-follow format. Then do the simple first assignment. Send it to your tutor for marking. He or she will return it to you with friendly advice and comments.

4. Do the same for the other modules, until you reach the end of the course. By then, you'll probably be earning good money as a landscape designer.

For more information, click the links at the top of the page. Or contact us below.