Description
Are you dreaming of transforming your garden but don’t know where to start? Do you wish you had some ideas that actually worked with your garden’s shape? Are you worried you’ll choose the wrong plants once you get going? If any of that sounds familiar, this course is for you.
Garden Design Examples for Small Gardens: 30 Design Templates & Planting Plans showcases 30 real garden design templates for urban gardens and offers a step-by-step guide to creating a stunning garden for any size, aspect or soil type. No prior garden design experience is required.
As an award-winning garden designer, I’ve put together these 30 templates to inspire bold, beautiful gardens you can actually build. Each one comes with a sample plant list, so you know exactly what to plant to bring the design to life, not just what it should look like in theory.
- 30 Full Garden Design Plans
- Complete Planting Plans with Each Design
- Behind the Designs: Tips and Tricks
- Downloadable Design and Planting Lists
- Study Online Anywhere
- Taught by Award Winning Lee Burkhill
Course price: £29
Whether you have a shady corner, a sunny patch, or difficult soil, these 30 designs are built to work with real conditions, not an idealised garden that doesn’t exist. In this course, I’ll walk you through each one, explaining the logic behind the layout, the plant choices, and how to apply the same thinking to your own garden.
All designs are available to download, along with plant lists and a “behind the design” explanation of why I designed it that way. That means you get an award-winning garden designer’s thinking in your back pocket, not just a pretty picture.
Benefits of Studying Online Garden Design
- Learn at your own pace anywhere in the world
- View 30 full-scale garden designs with matching planting plans
- Cost-effective compared to expensive classroom courses or degrees
- Downloadable garden designs and planting plans
- Active course forum for further questions or examples of design work with Lee
- Unlimited access to the course materials
Syllabus
- Section 1: How to Use Garden Design Templates
- Section 2: North Facing Garden Designs
- Section 3: South Facing Garden Designs
- Section 4: East Facing Garden Designs
- Section 5: West Facing Garden Designs
- Section 6: Square Shaped Garden Designs
- Section 7: Triangular Shaped Garden Designs
- Section 8: Rectangular Shaped Garden Designs
- Section 9: Skinny Sized Garden Designs
- Section 10: L Shaped or Awkward Shaped Garden Designs
- Section 11: Tiny Courtyard Garden Designs
- Section 12: How to Learn More About Garden Design
That range means you can skip straight to the designs that actually suit your garden, rather than working through templates for shapes and aspects you don’t have.
Lee Burkhill, The Garden Ninja, is your Tutor
This Garden Design Templates course is taught by me, Lee Burkhill, from BBC 1’s Garden Rescue. I’m an award-winning garden designer and gardening TV presenter. Once you log in to the course, you can work through the course materials as I guide and teach you along the way.
Ready to Make Your Dream Garden a Reality?
If you want to actually learn the process behind designs like these, rather than working from a template, my Garden Design for Beginners course covers the full twenty hour training for £199. Or if you’d rather start with a fast, focused introduction first, the Weekend Garden Makeover crash course covers the essentials in a single weekend for £99.
Want all three? The Garden Design Courses Bundle covers everything at a reduced combined price.
Penelope
(verified owner) –
I’ve just had a dip and dabble so far but it’s simple/straight forward and inspirational – helping me to think outside of the box. As with everything Ninja related cannot recommend highly enough. Thank you again.
Lee Garden Ninja
(store manager) –
Thanks so much Penny for the fantastic review of my Garden Design templates course. It’s been encouraging to hear from so many people on the course about the ideas and plant suggestions they can now use in their own gardens with confidence! All the best. Lee Garden Ninja
Brian H.
(verified owner) –
I’ve been creating a 400sqm new build garden in Herefordshire. 18 months into the project and it’s coming along really well. And NOW, with the additional assistance of Lee’s Garden Design examples, and planting guides. I’ve been able to tweak my design to incorporate some of his wonderful ideas. For anyone feeling uncertain of their garden design abilities (I began as a total novice) this guide is a very helpful tool to have in the box. Combined with Lee’s excellent Youtube channel. I’m feeling hugely confident that I’m on the right path… and it feels pretty good. Thanks Lee! You’re an absolute star.
Lee Garden Ninja
(store manager) –
Thanks Brian for the fantastic review of both my online garden design courses and my Gardening YouTube channel. I’m absolutely thrilled that they have been so helpful in allowing you to redesign your garden so confidently! All the best. Lee Garden Ninja
Anonymous
(verified owner) –
I enjoyed it. Photos of the completed gardens would be a great compliment to all the drawings
Lee Garden Ninja
(store manager) –
Thanks Sharon for the fab review! I’ll defo bare this in mind for my future online gardening courses. Happy gardening. 🥷🌿 Lee Garden Ninja
sandy L.
(verified owner) –
Great course, very informative. I have learned alot from Lee during this course and will definitely proceed with the next course which is what I should have gone with first. Am I too old to become a garden designer at 58??
Julia
(verified owner) –
I completed the full course which was really useful for soil type, how to plant, planning your garden to scale etc. This course was useful in a different way, Lee explains his reasons for planning in certain ways for different shaped gardens why he is using certain plants etc. Also discusses orientation. I feel that it rounded out my knowledge and helped me to finalise my own garden design. Do make sure to look at all the designs for inspiration not just those that match your gardens orientation.
Lee Garden Ninja
(store manager) –
Thanks Julia for the amazing 5 star review of my Garden Design Templates course! Always happy to hear from people who are enjoying learning how to create fantastic gardens. All the best. Lee Garden Ninja
Heiderose
(verified owner) –
Very beautifully designed templates.