Planting Styles: The Basics
This course will introduce the main planting styles found in the UK and how they can be implemented or adapted through your garden creation or maintenance business.
This course will introduce the main planting styles found in the UK and how they can be implemented or adapted through your garden creation or maintenance business. We will discuss how planting styles have changed over the course of history, but also, how many factors are still relevant in today's garden design and creation. For each style we consider we will introduce key plants that become the backbone of a design and create the gardens client's desire. Some key topics are as follows:
The history of planting styles
A modern take on planting styles
Formal garden style
Informal or Cottage garden style
Mediterranean garden style
Prairie style planting
Sustainable gardens
How to create a garden in a specific style
How to adapt garden style to meet a clients needs