The History Of Garden Design

Learn about the history of garden design - from ancient Egyptian gardens to modern urban gardens, with garden historian Dr Toby Musgrave. Ornamental gardens are complex, three-dimensional works of art, and since the first garden was made in Ancient Egypt over 4,300 years ago they have acted as cultural barometers. Down the years and across continents, every civilisation and nation has developed its own garden styles. These styles have evolved in tune with changes in the cultural, artistic, social, economic, technological and political landscapes. We'll look at gardens throughout history from the courtyards of Roman villas to sensuous paradises of the Islamic world; from the stylized nature of Japanese gardens, through to the Baroque opulence of Versailles to Arts and Crafts designs; cottage garden artisanship to the 21st century functionality of Californian Modern garden; including formal gardens and pleasure gardens. We'll also cover some of the most famous garden and landscape designers including Capability Brown. Garden art and culture have always been interactive - and this course will give you an insight into the role gardens perform in art, culture and purpose, and explain how the garden style impacted the cultural spectrum, both nationally and on a global level. The study of garden history includes the artistic analysis of individual garden styles, which reveal design principles and aesthetics. Garden form will be deconstructed to display the style’s constituent elements, their configuration and the planting. You'll learn: the development of the first designed gardens different garden styles and their inspiration the impact of art, culture and politics on garden designs famous landscape designs and garden designers including Capability Brown modernism and post-modernism garden designs The course includes: 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Dr Toby Musgrave lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like downloadable lesson notes practical garden history projects (with feedback available from Toby) access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas Time to complete The History of Garden Design course: Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 10 hours 5 minutes to complete including: Video lessons: 2 hours 5 minutes in total Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson Your garden designing projects: at least 1 hour per lesson Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson You'll need: You don't need any special equipment, but you will be looking at garden designs through history and analysing their impact and significance. The course is suitable for gardeners at all levels - from new gardeners to professionals who want to learn more about the history