CPD: Trees & Shrubs for Small Spaces

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10 hour short course | Plant choices can make or break a garden design; not only when the garden is first built, but for decades afterwards as long as the plants continue to grow. If you know how a larger variety of plants will not only appear but also perform; you have more to choose from. That gives you increased possibilities for the aesthetics you can achieve and control in a planning designs where there is limited spaces no greater than around 10 to 70 square metres.

The short course is delivered by ACS Distance Education in partnership with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

Expand Your Plant Palette

Plant choices can make or break a garden design; not only when the garden is first built, but for decades afterwards as long as the plants continue to grow. If you know how a larger variety of plants will not only appear but also perform; you have more to choose from. That gives you increased possibilities for the aesthetics you can achieve and control in a planning designs where there is limited spaces no greater than around 10 to 70 square metres.
The course is primarily focussed on expanding your knowledge of what plants you choose and how you use them in a small landscaped garden.

This short course covers four lessons.

Lesson 1.  Choosing a Plant.   Make more informed plant selection through understanding the interaction between hard and soft landscape, how plants impact the microclimate and ways of managing bigger plants in the context of smaller spaces.
Lesson 2. Shrubs for Small Gardens.  Learn about 43 shrub genera that are more widely grown in smaller landscapes and appreciate the characteristics which are most important for making a sound decision to include or excel each in a design.
Lesson 3. Trees for Small Gardens.  Learn about 23 different tree genera that are more widely grown in smaller landscapes and appreciate the characteristics which are most important for making a sound decision to include or excel each in a design.
Lesson 4. Creating Small Gardens.  Consider different ways to approach plant selection in different circumstances, including balconies, courtyards, shade and container gardens. 

How the CPD course will be delivered

  1. On paid registration, your enrolment will be processed by our team.
  2. A student login for the ACS platform will be emailed to your AILA member email once everything is ready to go. For any enquiries please contact [email protected].
  3. On completion of these steps, the Trees and Shrubs course is yours to keep and review anytime. It includes real-time access to content updates and the assessments can be repeated as many times as needed.

 

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 Available to all AILA member types

$225
Non-Member  Not Applicable, Member-only event:  become a member to register.  N/A

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