Among the rising professional sectors, in a world of continuous technological development, is certainly that of the Garden DesignBecoming a garden designer means specialising in the design, layout and management of ornamental greenery. If anyone thinks that a garden designer is 'only' a professional gardener, they are way off the mark, as this figure requires very specific skills, ranging from botany and agronomy to architecture and engineering.
It would certainly be fairer to consider the garden designer as a green architect, who took care of his education by studying subjects such as technical drawing, botany and topography, as well as being familiar with the most advanced design software: AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator.
How to become a garden designer: study and experience
The profession of garden designer assumes a period of study that must be followed by continuous updating. It is imperative to choose the right training course, one that is able to provide precise technical knowledge and skills, while keeping up with technical and urban planning innovation, trends and the continuous evolution of the tools of the trade.
This training phase must also be accompanied by a period of field experience: experiments and projects are indispensable in order to get hands-on experience of the subject, learn how to manage spaces, solve the critical issues peculiar to the sector and make the best use of the budget to find the most suitable solutions for the individual case.
Training creativity
Becoming a garden designer means first of all learning very important technical notions: perspective, space measurement and design are subjects that require the acquisition of technical tools before they can be mastered properly.
A large part of the skills of this professional figure are, however, related to creativity, which must be challenged, stimulated and cultivated in order to find its full expression.
The technical drawingat the same time, it must be combined with the artistic one in order to give a demonstration of the idea to be realised.
The green soul of the garden designer
No less important is thelove of naturefor greenery and for all that is beauty and harmony. For it is in this climate that creativity and the most innovative ideas take shape.
The garden designer works for both public and private entities, obviously with different studies and types of design depending on the case. All spaces are studied in detail during a preliminary work phase, followed by a series of studies and surveys, before moving on to the implementation of the planned interventions.
If the Garden Design and theGreen Architecture are your passion, a very interesting course at national level is the Master in Garden Design (Milan) organised by Italian Design Institute.
