Garden Design Courses
1 Year Fast Track Course

Student who attend the OCGD do so because they want to become some of Europe’s top designers .

In order to help you achieve your goals, the college offers all graduates a FREE mentoring scheme to assist you with your own private design commissions, when ever and for as long as you require assistance. We act as your safety net, when starting your business.

For those who wish to find paid employment, our students are considered to be the most employable of any graduate course and have been placed with this countries top award winning designers such as Anthony Paul, Luciano Giubbilei,  Joe Swift, Charlotte Rowe, Arne Maynard, and Christopher Bradley-Hole to name but a few.

Duncan Heather is one of Europe’s foremost garden designers, to-date having won five gold, one silver & one bronze medal and three best of show awards for his design work.

Duncan sat on council from 2004-7 during which time he was responsible for producing the first industry standard fee scale as well as instigating the publishing on the first standard contract. He is co-author of the Garden Design Specification and is regularly lecturer for the Society of Garden Designers

He originally trained under, then worked for, top international designer and author John Brookes and was subsequently offered a directorship in 1991, which he declined to concentrate on his own design practice in Henley-on-Thames. Today he lives in Oxfordshire where he both lectures and works. Born in Britain, he travels extensively and undertakes a very wide range of projects around the world, from tiny courtyard gardens to large country estates.