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#1 · 27th February 2024, 12:17 pm

Just started the design course - looking forward to becoming a trainee ninja now!! I re-designed our garden last year but I need some tips and advice on planting schemes (particularly to give some height) but think I'll pick up loads more ideas along the way. A garden is never finished!!

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#2 · 3rd March 2024, 2:21 pm

Hi @tankboy74

Great to have you on the Beginners Guide To Garden Design Course and here on the forum.

The planting section is usually a really exciting series of lessons, mainly in giving you the overarching principles that you can apply to any garden and plant scheme. Once you have the secrets in your head of great garden design planting plans then there will be no stopping you!

Enjoy the course!