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Can anyone recommend a distance learning course?
Hi Clarice,
I too have heard good things about the English Gardening School! I completed my own garden design diploma with Learning Curve (http://www.learningcurve-uk.com) and I found the course extremely comprehensive. The tutor also spent a lot of time helping me to develop my individual design skills and develop my portfolio. I enjoyed the course throughly but didn't realise how important all this attention to detail was until later when I set up my own business and began making presentations to clients. Whichever course you choose I'd recommend that you check carefully on the tutorial support offered. I think this is critical in distance learning. With Learning Curve, I could contact my tutor any time, just to bounce ideas around or discuss general issues. It would have felt quite isolated, I think, if I didn't have this sort of support. One thing my tutor recommended, and I think is really good advice, is to get as much practical experience as possible. It's a great way of building your confidence. You could shadow an established designer or obtain experience at a local botanic/rhs/national trust garden. Home study can be a good practical option but it's not the same as being able to watch an expert in action and meet lots of clients face-to-face! A lot of RHS gardens offer useful one-day courses too. (http://www.rhs.org.uk) Good luck! Lizzie ---- 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... |
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