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Principal

The School’s Principal, Rob Whitehead, has over 20 years' design and business experience and runs his own successful design consultancy alongside teaching the majority of the Diploma garden design course ...

Testimonials

At the end of each course, we ask our students to complete and return a questionnaire to us anonymously. The following are a selection of the comments received, from 1991 when the School was established to 2007:-

"I think the course is excellent and great value for money. Rob is calm, authoritative and unflappable."

"The course was very well structured, and has been totally absorbing as well as challenging, and has provided a thoroughly positive learning experience."

"The structure of the course is excellent...your lectures are clear and well structured and you have a welcoming and participative style. This encourages student contribution and is a real strength, bringing in the broad experience in the group."

"The inclusion of practical surveying is a real strength and a distinguishing feature of this course."

"The outstanding attributes of the course were Rob's experience and enthusiasm, the professional focus, and the team spirit amongst the group and the informal support network offered."

"Using real gardens in our project work was incredibly useful."

"I enjoyed the course so much; I felt really challenged by it and I believe it has equipped me with the skills to make a go of it as a career."

"Gill has a wealth of valuable knowledge and experience."

"I wanted to write to thank you for your guidance and support during the past nine months, and for the inspiration and knowledge you have imparted. You have challenged, criticized and complimented in equal measure; as a result, I feel I have not only acquired new skills but also a great confidence in my work which has provided a sound foundation for my future efforts."

"I think the course was excellent and perfectly structured."

"Diane is a great lecturer, very supportive and incredibly knowledgeable."

"A great course and I really appreciated the strong commercial focus on getting your own business up and running."

"The lecturers bringing in plans, documents and letters from their own projects from time to time to show us was really helpful."

"Christopher has real enthusiasm for all aspects of design and this really comes across."