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Design assignment 2
Large Town Garden/ Small Country Garden 500-2000 square meters

Aims and objectives
Students will complete the above project, chosen by the college, using the following acquired skills

Site survey
  • Site evaluation plan
  • Outline/sketch plan
  • Specification Document
  • Planting plans
Client brief
  • Functional diagram plan
  • Section/elevation
  • Layout Plans (to include spot heights, drainage and paving detail)
  • Key Plans
Assignment 2
Students will complete project 2 in the same manner as project 1 with the
additional use of Survey Analysis and Design concepts (S.A.D). Students will survey the site as before but produce an additional site evaluation plan.
Using this information, they will produce functional diagrams for the site and its layout. With this information a sketch plan will be produced. Having completed this, they will produce a Key plan and layout drawings containing spot heights, dimensions and specification on paving materials and construction detailing.

Intermediate CAD Workshop
Business Management workshop (Optional)
3 day intensive workshop based at TBAC in Oxford. Taught by leading business managers, student will have the opportunity to attend this business courses design to give them the best head start to their new career.

Research Project 2

Students will produce a hard landscape portfolio comprising of 10 constructions with full accompanying specification.
Aim - To develop an understanding of how landscape elements are constructed and to enable students to provide the contractor with specific graphical design instructions.

Garden elements will be organised in the following categories:
  • Surfaces (vehicular, pedestrian, in-situ, flexible, ridged.)
  • Enclosures (walls, fences, trellis, gates)
  • Level changes (steps, ramps, retaining walls)
  • Structures (pergolas, arbours, gazebos)
Landscape materials used will be brick, stone, concrete, timber and/or others such as plastic, metal, canvas, etc.

Bespoke portfolio

Students will be asked to design 4 bespoke examples of the following structures:
  • Water Features
  • Pergolas
  • Garden Furniture
  • Sculpture
  • Enclosures

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Olivia Stewart design
Olivia Stewart design
Olivia Stewart design
Olivia Stewart (Student 2008/9)
Diploma Course Advantages
Free 4 Day Intro Class...Free CAD Course...Free VectorWorks Software...Free membership of the Society of Garden Designers...Free drawing equipment...Free Sketchup software...Free Office software...Free Graduate Mentoring.
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