Finding your garden style with Annie Guilfoyle

Garden courses

Ref: S1D30042

Location: West Dean
£151
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About this course

Spend a day with garden designer Annie Guilfoyle who will guide you through the decision process of creating a new garden, or updating an existing one. Annie will focus on how to assess your garden and then decide on how to go about re-designing the space.

Course Description

Every new garden starts with an idea. You will learn the basics of how to transform your ideas into a plan on paper that can be used to develop or re-develop your garden. Through a series of exercises, you will explore the starting points for designing a garden.

At the end of the day, you will:

• be able to apply some of the basic principles of designing a garden

• be able to undertake the basic stages in the process of designing a layout plan

• be able to consider some choices of hard landscaping and planting in a garden

Timetable

Timetable for one day courses

Students should arrive by 9am for registration.

Classes are from 9.15 - 5pm

Lunch is included.

Course Materials

What students need to bring

  • Please bring a notebook and basic drawing equipment, such as a mechanical pencil, eraser, set square and tracing paper. (These items can be purchased from the West Dean Craft Shop.)
  • It would also be advisable to bring cameras, coloured pencils and plant reference books if you have them at home.
  • Some images of your own garden would be really helpful, and, if you have a measured survey, that would be useful, but not essential.

Additional information

Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).

Tutors

Annie Guilfoyle, gardening tutor at West Dean College

Annie Guilfoyle

Annie Guilfoyle has a BA in Garden Design from Middlesex University, her design studio Creative Landscapes is based in West Sussex. Her work is draws upon influences from art and architecture. She combines running her studio with lecturing internationally.

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