Advanced Practical Horticulture
'Good gardens are not simply a matter of choosing plants and arranging them together. More
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The long time leader in all matters horticultural based at the historic Chelsea Physic Garden delivering inspiring, career-building courses. Whether you’re beginning your gardening journey or stepping toward professional design, our programmes combine expert teaching, practical learning and real-world confidence. Our diplomas are recognised worldwide & many leading garden designers and gardening personalities have trained with us.
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one year Good Gardening Diploma Course
Our diplomas are globally recognised.
Acclaimed Diploma Gardening Courses
Essential Garden Design Diploma
An overview of all aspects of garden design
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Distance Learning Gardening Courses
Certificate in Garden Design
For those who cannot attend in person, this correspondence course guides you step-by-step through the
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Certificate in Caring for Your Garden
Correspondence course guiding you through the seasonal and routine tasks to make and maintain a
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Short Gardening Courses
Planting Design with Nick Bailey
The course is tailored to keen gardeners and garden designers who want to elevate their
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Introduction to Garden Design 2026
An Introduction to Garden Design
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News from The English Gardening School
EGS June Newsletter
This month marks the end of our first full year of writing this newsletter. We
EGS May Newsletter
Gardeners’ World recently filmed our EGS founder, Rosemary Alexander at her celebrated garden at Sandhill
Testimonials
I did the garden design course in 2018 with Rosemary and I can safely say it changed my life, the teaching, content and structure of the course provided me with the best foundation on which to grow my career and I am happy to say it has gone from strength to strength.
AMELIA BOUQUET - is a garden and landscape designer, winning Silver-Gilt at Chelsea Flower Show 2023 with The Platform Garden a Container Garden designed with fellow EGS alumni Emilie Bausager. Her RHS show garden at Hampton Court Palace flower show 2021, a design in support of Mental Health UK called 'The Communication Garden', won Best Construction and a Silver medal along with extensive coverage on the BBC, featured on BBC Radio 4 and many other publications.