On 9/12/06 15:11, in article
, "Clarice"
wrote:

Completely new to news groups, full stop, so I hope I get this right
and am posting in the right place!

I am very keen to train as a garden designer, but because or
work/family commitments I can't attend college. I've recently had an
awful experience with a correspondence college (The Garden Design
Institute) - the course material was awful, the tuition almost
non-existent and it turns out its not really an institute at all in the
sense I thought ... well I won't bore you with the gory details.
Suffice it to say my confidence has plummeted to an all time low and
I'm a few hundred quid poorer. I was going to give up on the idea all
together but hubbie has convinced me to have another go, since this has
been my dream for so many years now.

We can't afford to spend money on another bum course, so I was hoping
someone could recommend one from personal experience? I need a good
college with excellent tuition and, preferably, not costing too much
... tall order, I know... here's hoping...

I have no personal experience of these but
http://www.icslearn.co.uk/creative-s...ening/rhs-gard
ening/

http://www.gardenforum.co.uk/mips/gf...sp?choice=coll
http://www.englishgardeningschool.co.uk/diploma.asp

And if you tell us the region in which you live, it may be that people in
that area will have some experience of what you want.
Horticulture is not a highly paid career, generally speaking but would it be
possible for you to work in a really good nursery so that you're learning
while you're studying, too? We have three people working here who have done
that, attending a local college one or two days a week and working here the
rest of the time.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/