Landscape designers aim to bridge the gap between landscape architecture and garden design. If you’re a garden enthusiast, whether you want to create your own garden, pursue a career in landscape design or start your own business, this course is ideal for you.
The Certificate of Landscape Design is a professional development program that will provide you with garden design skills and techniques to pursue a passion or jump-start your career or business in this field.
In this landscape design and architecture course, you will learn about pre-planning, how to make landscape drawings, how different garden styles are created and the components that make up a garden to create visual effects.This certificate course offered at SCAAD College also aim at equiping the learner with neccessary skills and knowledge that will enable him/her to be indepent in his or her filed of study.The students will also learn about making walls and other hard landscape surfaces, how to add garden features, and how to design small and large landscapes.It is a foundational Course.
Mode oF Study
There are two methods of study at scaad college . The student can attend claases physically (offline classes) or Online/distance learning classes.
Requirements
KCSE D plain and above
Course Duration
This course takes a duration of 3 terms and an internship. The student must complete the coursework inorder for him or her to proceed for attachment.
Course overview
Landscape Architecture Design
Unit 1 – Basic design procedures
- Horticulture and landscaping
- Plant names
- Common name and scientific names
- Botanical families
- Principles of landscaping
- Design elements
- Design effects
- Pre-planning information
- Plant reviews
- Plant identification work sheet
Unit 2 – History and styles of gardening
- Formal / informal gardens
- Natural gardens
- Cottage gardens
- Oriental gardens
- Mediterranean gardens
- Subtropical (rainforest) gardens
- Naturalistic landscaping
- History of gardening
Unit 3 – Drafting and contracting.
- Drawing options
- Computer added design (CAD)
- Drawing (Graphics)
- Design procedures
- Specifications and contracts
Unit 4 – Basic landscape construction
- Drainage and erosion
- Walling
- Mound making
- Earth shaping
- Play structures – design considerations.
- Gravel and bark paths
Unit 5 – Surfaces
- Gradients
- Surfaces
- Soft ground surfacing
- Artificial surfaces
- Substrates
- Performance considerations
- Paving
Unit 6 – Furnishing and features.
- Landscaping design structures
- Garden furniture
- Furnishing a garden
- Choosing furnishings
- Garden art
- Lighting
- Fountains and water displays.
- Skateboard facilities
Unit 7 – Park design Part A
- Park components
- Ornaments
- Walls, fences and windbreaks
- Enclosed gardens and gates
- How do windbreaks work
- Recreational landscaping
- Park design criteria
- Types of play landscapes
- Community participation
Unit 8 – Garden design
- Characteristics of garden design
- Practical concerns
- Bringing the outside in
- Buildings
- Courtyards
Unit 9 – Design procedure
- Design elements and principles
- The design process.
- Groups of components
- Landscaping narrow gardens
- Water garden design
- Water effects
- Water plants
- Formal and informal ponds
- Choosing a practical site
- Water quality and quantity
Unit 10 – Park Design Part B
- How to make trails
- Planning a trail
- Types of trails
- Sporting facilities
- Turf playing surfaces
- Dimensions of sporting facilities
- Outdoor multi-purpose courts
- Court elements and specification
- Fun and fitness trails
- Motorised vehicle parks
- Selecting a motorbike trail
