Take Your Landscaping Skills to a Higher Level
Learn how to survey a garden site and appraise it for landscaping purposes. Become skilled at drawing plans and designing gardens. Find out how to set out sites and commence earthworks and construction. Discover what types of foundations are needed for basic constructions. Develop your knowledge of drainage systems and requirements.
This course assumes students have some existing knowledge of landscaping principles and techniques. This course goes into further depth for advanced level studies.
Course Code: BHT242
Course Duration: 100 hours of self paced studies
What the Course Covers
There are 10 lessons in this module as follows:
- Site Appraisal, Interpretation and Risk Assessment
- Preparing Site Plans and Specifications
- Influence of Site Characteristics
- The Use of Hard Landscape Features
- Setting out a Site to Scale Plans and Drawings
- Soil Handling and Storage
- Land Drainage Systems
- Ground Preparation Techniques
- Construction of Paths and Patios
- Construction of Steps, Ramps, Dwarf Walls and Fences
Refund Policy
A full refund less expenses (up to 15% of fees applied) is provided to anyone wishing to withdraw from a course, within 2 weeks of enrolment. This does not apply after the first assignment has been submitted and marked; or after the two weeks has expired.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS INSTITUTION?
We believe that we have an ethical responsibility to make good use of the fees you pay and the time you invest into an education through our college. To this end, our first priority is always your learning. This comes before issues such as formal accreditations, speculative marketing and bureaucratic processes which all too often add considerable costs to the running of colleges, and take resources away from the provision of more valuable services to the student.
This college focuses on facilitating your learning and support to optimise that learning. We recognise that learning is all about improving knowledge and skills in your long term memory. While some colleges may focus on getting you to pass exams, by committing knowledge to short term memory; we understand that such an approach is not true education, and does little to improve your long term career or business prospects.
How This Course Could Help You
This course is aimed at landscape gardeners, consultants and garden designers. It is an ideal module for people wishing to gain insight into landscaping for purposes of setting up in business or as a self-employed landscape gardener. It may also be of value to home gardeners wanting to develop their garden.
Study this course by itself or along with other landscaping or horticulture modules as part of a certificate or higher level qualification.