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Introduction to garden design

Join RHS medal-winning garden designer Paul Herrington and start designing your own garden

Event details

21 Sep - 16 Nov 2026
10am - 1pm

Tutor:

Paul Herrington

Price

£150

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Location: online

About the course

The sessions will take place on the following Mondays:

21 September 2026
5 October 2026
19 October 2026
2 November 2026
16 November 2026

Across five sessions, you will explore design principles, ideas and inspiration, simple surveying and scale drawing, planning for the right plant in the right place, as well as developing a layout plan for your own garden and learning how to ensure year-round structure and interest. Numbers on this course are limited to ensure plenty of opportunities for support and discussion with the tutor and fellow participants.

The price is for all five sessions which cannot be booked individually.

About the tutor

Paul Herrington is an RHS Chelsea Flower Show medal-winning garden designer with over two decades of experience who has worked in a range of private, public, commercial, and therapeutic gardens. Paul also runs Grow Places, a social enterprise that works in hospital and community gardens alongside people with mental and physical health problems.

Bookings for this course will close on 7 September

Please note this is an online course. No specialist software is required to participate, but a device with a microphone and webcam will be needed. Full joining instructions will be emailed a few days before the date of the course.

This is a live course and will not be made available as a recording.

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Please take the time to read our course cancellations and refunds policy.

Please note that once this course has been filled, you can email education@botanic.cam.ac.uk to be added to a waiting list.

 

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