Online Landscaping III (Landscaping Styles) Course

How do you Design a Mediterranean, Oriental or Formal Garden?

The art of gardening is diverse, and gardens around the world will reflect respective cultures from the countries they originate in. The Chinese and Japanese have developed their own traditional style, as have the Europeans and Middle Eastern cultures. Over more recent times; modern styles of gardening have developed in Australia, America and even South America, to reflect the influences of culture, climate, art and fashion.

This course explores the many styles of garden that can be found across the globe; and the ways in which a garden designer can recreate gardens that reflect a particular style.

There are 10 lessons in this course:

1. Creating the Mood
   • Active vs Passive
   • Simple vs. complex
   • Movement vs. Static
   • Light vs. Shade
   • Managing Light and Shade
   • Increasing or Reducing Light
   • Plants that Thrive in Shade
   • Garden Lighting
   • Other Factors that Affect Mood
   • What Do You Want in a Garden
   • Personality in the Garden
   • Keeping it in Scale
   • Colour and the Garden
   • Using Coloured Statuary
   • Other Coloured Surfaces
   • Psychological Effects of Colours
   • Water in the Garden
   • Hot Plants
   • Making a Garden Appear Cooler
   • Site Analysis
   • Macro Design
   • Designing a Garden Room
2. Historic Gardens
   • Introduction
   • Roman Gardens
   • Chinese Gardens
   • Landscape Designers
   • Historic Considerations
   • Other Types of Gardens; formal, informal, natural, resort, permaculture, herb, rose, cottage
   • Cottage Garden Design
   • Cottage Garden Features
   • Plants in a Cottage Garden
   • Federation Gardens
   • Edwardian Gardens
3. Formal Gardens
   • Introduction
   • Design Elements of Formal Gardens
   • Types of Formal Garden; Avenue, hedged beds, etc
   • Planting in Formal Gardens
   • Traditional Ornamentation; Sundials, Weather vanes, Bird Baths
   • Traditional Furniture; seats, pots, arbors, arches, gazebos
   • Formal Courtyards
4. Oriental Gardens
   • Introduction
   • Chinese Gardens
   • Japanese Gardens
   • Types of Japanese Gardens: Hill and Pond, Dry Landscape, Tea Garden, Stroll Garden, Courtyard, Classic Rock Garden
   • Japanese Garden Features; Tori, Shishi-odishi, Moss Garden, Bamboo Fence, Bridges
   • Bonsai
   • Ornamental Grasses
5. Middle Eastern and Spanish Style
   • Introduction
   • Features of Moorish Gardens
   • Sense of Enclosure
   • Mexican Style
   • Mexican Planting Schemes
   • Use of Coloured Gravel
6. Mediterranean Gardens
   • Introduction
   • Features of Mediterranean Gardens
   • Regional Differences
   • Colours
   • Built Landscape
   • Plant Material
   • Use of Paint
   • Veranda Gardens
   • Making the Most of Small Spaces
   • Microclimates
7. Coastal Gardens
   • Coastal Garden Features
   • Temperature, Humidity and Wind
   • Windbreaks
   • Salt and Soil Conditions
   • Coastal Plants
8. Modern Gardens
   • Introduction
   • Technology in the garden; screens, lights, water features, music
   • Maintenance
   • Architecture; shapes and angles, colour, sculpture
   • Courtyards
   • Inner City Gardens
   • Types of Inner City Gardens
   • Future Trends
9. Eclectic Gardens
   • Creating an Eclectic Garden
   • Using Garden Ornaments in an Eclectic Garden
   • Plants
   • Living Art
   • Topiary
   • Hedges
   • Pleaching
   • Miniature Gardens
   • Trough Gardens
   • Pebble Gardens
   • Art Gardens
   • Public Gardens
10. Other Styles
    • Dryland Gardens
    • The Desert Landscape
    • Xeriscapes
    • Australian Bush Garden
    • Cacti and Succulent Gardens
    • Minimalist Landscapes
    • Permaculture
    • Rainforest Gardens
    • Tropical Style Gardens
    • Bird Attracting Gardens
    • Bulb Gardens

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.

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