Registration Eligibility
Landscape professionals including contractors, designers, architects, arborists, and growers.
Start Date
02/03/2021
End Date
02/03/2022
Description
Join us for a rare opportunity to hear Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter in Northiam, England and holder of the Royal Horticulture Society Victoria Medal of Honour, discuss how to combine plants, considering sense of place, color, shape, texture, and repetition. Learn how to contrast plants, how to add punctuation in a border, and how to create intimacy, movement, and balance.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Design-Build
Horticulture / Plants
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
1. Review the history and significance of the iconic Great Dixter house from head gardener, Fergus Garrett.
2. Learn how to extend the season using herbaceous plantings
3. Examine plant combinations used at Great Dixter
Instructors
Fergus Garrett, Great Dixter House and Gardens
Course Codes
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association
Provider
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association