Discovery day - So You Want to be a Garden Designer?

Career discovery day - discover what a career in garden design offers

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By London College of Garden Design
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Date and time

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:00 - 16:30 GMT

Location

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Richmond TW9 3AE United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 6 hours 30 minutes

Are you contemplating changing your career to train as a Garden Designer, but don’t really know where to begin? This day has been devised especially for you!

THIS EVENT IS USUALLY FULLY SUBSCRIBED AND THERE ARE ONLY 30 PLACES SO PLEASE ENROL AS SOON AS YOU KNOW YOU CAN MAKE IT!

Join experts from the London College of Garden Design to find out more about planting design, construction design and how designers communicate visually, including with Computer Aided Design. In addition you will learn about career opportunities and receive tips and advice on how to pursue a successful future career as a garden designer.

Your tutors for the day

LCGD Director Nina Baxter who leads the Planting Design Diploma, will be joined by recently graduated designers who can tell you how their first years have gone as well as CAD, Planting Design and Construction Design experts.

FAQs

Entry to Kew Gardens is included. Refreshments through the day can be purchased from the Orangery restaurant that adjoins our training room.

You will be sent instructions in advance of the day with where to go in order to gain free entry to Kew Gardens and how to find our training room at The Orangery Conference Room to the side of the Orangery Restaurant. Kew Gardens’ gates open at 10am and we will start at 10.15am. We will finish by 4.30pm.

Please visit our main website for location details on how to get to Kew Gardens, public transport and parking options.

Image John Howlett (above) and Laura Potten (below) SGD Student of the Year

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London College of Garden Design
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The London College of Garden Design is one of Europe’s leading specialist design colleges and offers professional level courses including our Garden Design Diploma delivered from our homes at the world famous Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in the UK and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria - Melbourne Gardens in Australia. At Kew we also offer a unique Planting Design Diploma delivered over 6 months and a Construction Design course. All our main courses are available online or as blended learning options.

Our short courses are offered at RBG Kew, RHS Garden Wisley in central London and many are online including our renowned CPD Seasonal Info Bursts. 

LCGD graduates have won the majority of Society of Garden Designers 'Student Designer of the Year' awards since they first launched, 'best in shows' and gold medals at major RHS shows including the 'Young Designer of the Year' Award. All our lecturers and tutors are practising professionals with an in-depth understanding of their subject, their profession and the land-based industries.

£69