Garden Design Courses - About Us - Garden Design School

Garden Design School is the brainchild of two of Britain’s foremost garden designers, Moira Farnham and Robin Templar Williams. Moira and Robin are experienced, well known and highly respected lecturers. They have devised and taught world class garden design courses and workshops at horticultural and landscape design colleges and garden design schools throughout the UK and abroad. Both are Registered Members of the Society of Garden Designers and have designed and built award-winning gardens. More information about them appears below. Away from teaching, Moira and Robin also run thriving garden design consultancy companies. This means they have a genuine understanding of what it takes to design real gardens for real, fee-paying customers. The Diploma course offered by Garden Design School has been carefully structured by Moira and Robin to include the best, most interesting and relevant subjects for anyone seeking a career in this vibrant, expanding industry. For details of course content (curriculum) please 'click here'.

Moira Farnham, MSGD Director
	Moira Farnham is a prominent figure on the UK garden design scene. Almost all of the private consultancy work she undertakes is by ‘word-of-mouth’ and she combines this with a very successful teaching career. She studied at the famous Kew School of
Garden Design, completing the Certificate course in 1992. She then trained at the College of Garden Design, obtaining a distinction in her final assessment. Moira has played a leading role in the design and creation of several award-winning show gardens, notably at the Hampton Court International Flower Show. In 1996 she began lecturing at the Merrist Wood College in Surrey and played a prominent part in devising the syllabus for Britain’s first National Diploma Course in Garden Design and Construction. This two year full time course - now an industry standard - required Moira to prepare and teach a wide range of subjects, from drafting, presentation and drawing to colour theory and application, planting design and project management. In 1999 Moira joined the English Gardening School, London, as a freelance lecturer. Here she held advanced ‘Master Classes’ for practising garden designers, tackling subjects as diverse as drafting, freehand drawing, perspective and isometric/axonometric techniques. Her courses attract students from around the world. Moira is a Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers and, while serving as a Council Member, took special responsibility for raising the profile of the garden design profession and improving standards in education and training. To visit the website of Moira Farnham's garden design consultancy business, please click here

Robin Templar Williams, FSGD, APLD Director
	Robin Templar Williams studied at the College of Garden Design. He has received numerous accolades for his work - including several Gold Medals at the Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower shows - and has three times received the coveted
Principal Award from the British Association of Landscape Industries. He has also, on several occasions, been a show garden judge for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Robin has created many gardens for private clients throughout Europe, the USA and South East Asia. But perhaps Robin is best known for the many years he has been teaching the principles and practice of garden design. He was a Senior Lecturer at the College of Garden Design for six years. He also runs popular short courses for the RHS at Wisley. Most recently, he has taught a wide range of subjects to Diploma students at the English Gardening School in London. He also holds design-based workshops for both the Society of Garden Designers and the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) in the USA. Robin is a Fellow and former Council Member of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) and a Certified Member of the APLD. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the British Associaton of Landscape Industries (BALI). To visit the website of Robin Templar Williams's garden design consultancy business, please click here