Planting Design with Perennials

Learn how to design a perennial garden with expert gardener and horticulturalist Dr Noel Kingsbury. Noel is a long-time collaborator with the renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf. By the end of the course you will have learnt how to make the right plant selections and gain a solid understanding of the Oudolf approach to a perennial garden. Noel looks at contemporary approaches to using perennials, with a particular focus on naturalistic approaches. You will explore how to create planting schemes that suit the particular conditions of your garden, covering a wide range of temperate zone climates; for example if your soil is poor and fast draining, Noel will guide you through the basic principles of choosing plants which survive and flourish in these conditions. Noel will outline how to make successful planting designs which combine structure, a long season of interest and support for bio-diversity and sustainability by reducing or eliminating irrigation and minimizing maintenance. The course provides a particularly strong theoretical basis, but with plenty of plant variety tables provided for helping you choose plants. You'll be suited to this course whether you are an…