This certificate will introduce you to the landscape design process working from analysis, concept, through to solution. Students can attend the course in The National Botanic Gardens. The course runs from September - December each year, however is subject to reaching minimum class size.
Qualification
Certificate in Landscape Design
Cost
€650
Assessment
Assessment is by Exams and Continuous assessment
Surveying: linear surveying, level surveying, transferring information to sketch form.
Drawing: use of drawing equipment and drawing standards, draft site survey and site analysis drawings, draft masterplan drawings .including section/elevation drawings, draft planting plans, draft axonometric drawing, draft construction details.
Design approaches: principles of design and elements of design, history of designed landscapes.
Costings: prepare design plants and specifications for given situations, costing proposed new designed landscapes.
Please note - entry to this L7 Cert requires applicants to have at least a full L6 Award in Horticulture.
This Certificate in Landscape Design offers structured continuous professional development opportunities to those already working in the horticulture industry. This level 7 certificate will allow quicker progression to supervisory or managerial roles and will also allow candidates to diversify and update their horticulture knowledge.
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