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Oxford College of Garden Design graduate gets Student of the year 2006
Catherine MacDonald, who has just completed the OCGD’s Postgraduate Diploma level course has been named ‘Student of the Year 2006’ by the Society of Garden Designers (SGD). She won the title - in joint first place with Kate Poore – in a competition which attracted dozens of entries from recently qualified trainees from 17 colleges and universities around the UK.

Catherine came from a Science background and had done no other formal training in horticulture, gardening or garden design. Her achievement is well deserved and is testament to her hard work, commitment and to the quality of training at the Oxford College of Garden Design.

www.sgd.org.uk/mainpages/student_of_the_year.htm

Catherine MacDonald catm@nhm.ac.uk

2006 OCGD Graduates get jobs with Britain’s Top Designers
Graduates from last years course have landed some of the best jobs in the business working for the UK’s top designers:Jo Swift, Anthony Paul, Andrew Fisher-Tomlin (SGD president), Christopher Bradley-Hole, Charlotte Row, Hillier Landscapes and Luciano Giubbilei have all taken on ocgd students either on a part or full time basis.

Why do they choose our students?
Simple; because other part-time courses don’t have time to adequately cover many important subject such as Planning, Contract Law, Health & Safety, CDM Regs. CAD, Levels, Drainage, Layout Plans, Fees, & Professional Practice, which are vital if you want to become a profession garden designer. Despite what others might tell you, 35 days training simply isn’t long enough, to enable you to offer a professional service and charge professional fees. The OCGD not only produces the best designers, but also the best qualified.

Why is CAD (Computer Aided Design) so Important?

Working for architects is one of the biggest sources of work, for newly qualified garden designers. Local planning authorities require more and more landscape detailing when architect submit planning applications. And many clients who have building work done will also need the services of a garden design.

Most architectural firms work in CAD and if you wish to get work from them they will expect you to be proficient in it as well. CAD is used by all the professions in the building industry. Surveyors supply site surveys on CAD and engineers need your drawings in CAD in order to calculate quantities and costs. We still teach you to produce hand drawn drawings for your clients, but if you want a job as a design assistant or wish to work for other professionals you need to know CAD.

New Garden Photography Course for 2007

So you think you want to be a Garden Designer?
Always dreamed of becoming a garden designer, but not sure if you have the right skills? Why not try our 4 Day Intro Courses

This introduction to garden design is a fantastic ‘taster’ course for those wishing to test the water before committing themselves to our one year postgraduate level course. If students have no previous design training we recommend you take this class so that the tutors can appraise your abilities and you can take away the design exercises to practise over the summer.

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