Admission, Tuition Fees and Enrolment Procedure for the Diploma Course

Admission

No formal qualifications are needed to take the course, though a keen interest in garden design is essential. The programme of study is quite intensive - approximately three 10 week terms of lectures (one day a week) with further independent (home) study of 24-30 hours per week. Before enrolling for the course we strongly urge you to tell us about your background and objectives so that we can be certain ours is the right course for you.

Tuition Fees

Fees for the 34-week 2008/9 Diploma Course, commencing September 2008, are: £5,985 (including VAT)

Fees are payable, in full, by August 1st 2008.

For information on financial assistance to support your learning, please visit www.direct.gov.uk/adultlearning or contact 0800 100 900.

Fees cover the cost of tuition and refreshments during morning and afternoon breaks. The lecture room is equipped with parallel motion A1 drawing boards (one per student). Students also qualify for membership (one year) of the Society of Garden Designers (as correspondent members).

Fees do not include: Lunch (obtainable in a nearby restaurant or students can bring their own) or the equipment/materials needed both for class work and for independent study. A list of equipment students should possess or obtain is available on request.

Enrolment

Enrolment for the Garden Design School Diploma Course is strictly on a 'first come, first served' basis. A deposit of £500 must accompany your completed application form and this deposit is not refundable once the School has written to you with an offer of a place on the course. If an offer of a place is made to you, the place will not be confirmed unless you have completed, signed and returned the School's acceptance form by the date specified. Once a place on the course has been confirmed by The School you are obliged to pay the balance of fees (£5,485) no later than 1 August 2008, whether or not you take up the place accepted.

Please note that the Application Form should be signed and sent, with the deposit payment, by post, to:

Garden Design School
32 Ferguson Road
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 3UA

Tel: 01380 728788

Cheques should be made payable to ‘Garden Design School’.
Applications sent by fax or e-mail are not acceptable.

Click here to view and print our Application Form. If you prefer to receive enrolment documentation by post, please call us on 01380 728788.