Landscape Design Certificate Classes

The NYBG Landscape Design Certificate Program prepares students for creative careers as landscape designers. Outstanding instructors who are working professionals cover every step of the design process, from landscape history to site analysis and design development, is covered. This interactive program enables you to take on a spectrum of projects from simple to complex and also to offer complete landscape design services.

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May

Apply basic design to site-specific problems, focusing on the process of design development. Start with a concept, then progress through the schematic phase to a preliminary design solution. Examine the relationships of landscape elements and materials to the design process.
264LAN402A 05/14 Th 6:00pm-9:00pm Bray
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Choose the right plant for the right place, based on site-specific design and maintenance criteria. Learn landscape values such as size, texture, color, and flowering and fruiting seasons. Review trees, shrubs, groundcovers, annuals, and perennials suitable for this region.
264HRT358C 05/16 Sa 10:00am-12:40pm Simeone
NYBG

Explore theories, traditions, and principles that have shaped the design of landscapes from antiquity to the present, through visual presentations, assigned readings, projects, and classroom discussion.
264LAN301AO 05/30 Sa 10:00am-1:00pm Merritt
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June

Draw upon all of the skills you've developed in NYBG's landscape design program to create a full residential project from start to finish, using actual examples from properties and/or clients. You'll combine design with construction principles as you learn about more...
264LAN520 06/01 Mo 6:00pm-9:00pm Patchowsky
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