Ben Norris

The Oxford College of Garden Design Diploma Online Diploma Course is certainly not for the faint-hearted. There will be blood, sweat and tears along the way, but it is rewarding and will open your eyes to the world of garden design. You will soon start noticing techniques, principles and various design elements taught on the course – from pattern analysis through to the importance of creating 3D spaces – in gardens, you see in person or online. The projects teach you to deliver comprehensive and professional standard design drawings in CAD and other accompanying documents.The course is well structured and requires a commitment in terms of both time and effort, but also offers flexibility to help fit your needs. The lectures promise to make you best the designer you can be, and I think they deliver on this in the time spent under their guidance. While the online structure may not offer the same contact time and student interaction as a traditional course, its weekly webinars and other online feedback create a good learning environment. In fact, in some ways, its use of online technology is an improvement on traditional classroom teaching. The diploma is much more than a distance learning course. I would recommend the course and feel it has given me the chance to pursue a career in garden design – the journey can start here.