Author: Marco

We’re delighted to report that Planting Design Diploma Graduate Helen Olney has won our competition to design a garden for the Burma Skincare Initiative at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2024.

We continue to build a strong future for LCGD with our professional colleagues from the landscape industry and so we are delighted to welcome Nina Baxter as a Director of the College and as the new course leader for our professional Planting Design Diploma.

At LCGD we now run a series of sustainable design courses including a sustainability stream through our Planting Design Diploma. A key part of what we design into our gardens is the planting and there are many approaches we can take.

There are so many things that we could do when considering the design of hard landscaping in our designs and here are just a few to consider linked to sourcing of materials that LCGD tutors recommend.

We asked our LCGD tutors and lecturers how they get the buy in for a sustainable design from clients? How can we make sustainable solutions desirable that they accept and that get the acceptance of the neighbours?

At LCGD we encourage sustainable design approaches in students’ work. There is now substantial and growing evidence for the physical and mental health benefits of spending time in the natural environment, although people, especially children are engaging less with nature.

We’re very pleased to announce an innovative new partnership with the Lawn Association to ensure that garden design professionals have the skills and expertise to promote true sustainable lawn care within their work.

Our social responsibility strategy continues to support horticultural charities that benefit a wide community. This includes those working within the industry through our association with Perennial, the Gardeners Royal Benevolent Charity.