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Sacha[_1_] · 10-12-2006, 10:47 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 10/12/06 18:03, in article , "An Oasis"
wrote:

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...

Who are The Garden Design Institute? Never heard of them. Always useful
to know when a course is duff, so we don't suggest them. It's not the
Institute for Garden Design is it?

Whatever it is, I don't think uk.rec.gardening has ever recommended it.
What Garden Banter has done is another matter altogether and is nothing to
do with urg from which it filches posts.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/