How to become a Garden Designer

Garden Designer

Garden Designers work with customers and clients to design gardens to suit their requirements and tastes, bringing together form, function, and beauty.

What do Garden Designer do?

Garden Designers work with customers and clients to design gardens to suit their requirements and tastes, bringing together form, function, and beauty. They often design gardens for clients’ homes, so need to consider people’s lifestyles and personal preferences. They may also design gardens in places open to the public or temporary gardens for special events and celebrations.

Designs will incorporate and include hard landscaping, such as paths and walls, and soft landscaping, such as shrubs and flower beds, that together create a space that meets the clients’ brief. The designer has to consider how the plants, shrubs and trees will look at different times of year and how colour schemes look in different areas and lights.

Garden Designer Projected Earnings

£22,000 - £34,000

Skills & Attributes Needed

  • Horticultural knowledge
  • Design and Gardening Skills
  • Communication skills
  • Creative Skills
  • Oragnisational Skills
  • Computer Skills - CAD

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