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Learn How to Make Your Environment Kinder on Human Well being

There is emerging evidence that plants, along with natural materials and patterns in the environment can be beneficial for mental and physical health, and that these things can help people to lead happier and healthier lives.

This course will  provide you with the knowledge and skills required to incorporate biophilic philosophy into your landscape design and develop: 

  • Awareness of the physical and mental benefits of incorporating nature into urban environments.
  • Appreciation of the wider reach of good biophilic design, such as impact on climate change, urban heat islands and longevity.
  • Knowledge of the theory and principles underpinning biophilic design.
  • Ideas for incorporating biophilic principles into new garden design.
  • Understanding of ways to modify existing landscapes to make them more biophilic

Biophilic Landscaping is useful for people working in landscape design, environmental management, horticulture and horticultural therapy, and more.

Course Code: BHT343

Course Duration: 100 hours of self paced studies

 

Course Content

There are 10 lessons in this course:

1. Relationship between Outdoor Environments and Human Well-being

2. Design Considerations

3. Patterns and Principles in Urban Design

4. Components of the Landscape

5. Providing Services to People

6. Affecting the Individual

7. Affecting Environmental and Climate Conditions

8. Assessing and Analysing Existing Landscapes

9. Integrating Biophilic Design into Existing Landscape

10. Working in/ Improving Urban Development

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

 

Who This Course Is For

  • Garden designers
  • Landscapers
  • Building contractors, and other tradespeople wishing to build their skills.       
  • Architects, landscape architects, town planners, wishing to expand their knowledge of healthy landscapes.       
  • People with an interest in sustainable landscapes. 
  • People in other fields like horticulture therapy where knowledge of health and green spaces is beneficial.  

 

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