Prestigious Garden Design School
To Open At Harewood House

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A Yorkshire-based garden designer with a word-class portfolio, is launching a new school specifically to train designers for northern landscapes.    

Alistair Baldwin, who launched a Richmond-based landscape and architectural design consultancy AWB Associates over 15 years ago, says it’s time for a school which teaches budding new designers of the future how to work in the beautiful terrain of the north.   

The Yorkshire School of Garden Design opens its doors in August with a range of short courses throughout the year – designed for garden design enthusiasts and those wanting to learn more about all aspects of the art, from landscaping to planting. Its flagship professional Diploma in Garden Design delivered over an academic year, begins in September.  

The school will be based at Harewood House, which has over 100 acres of parkland designed by eminent 18th century landscape architect Sir Lancelot Capability Brown and also showcases inspirational gardens including the Himalayan Garden, the walled garden and an Italianate style terrace.     

“The Yorkshire School of Garden Design was born out of my passion for this great art, combined with a deep-seated belief that the north of England is crying out for such a school,” said its founder Alistair Baldwin.    

“I have lived and worked in North Yorkshire for over three decades and have developed an acute understanding of how the terrain, geology, even climate and the way of working is very different in this part of the UK.    

“The process within which gardens are designed and built in this magnificent landscape is very different to the south of England – so I want to share everything I have learned over the last 35 years and inspire a new generation.”    

London-born Alistair, trained in garden design in Leeds and since graduating has never left the county – working and building his award-winning landscape design practice in North Yorkshire, which delivers high-spec public and private gardens throughout the UK as well as internationally.     

Having spent 12 years teaching landscape and garden design at Leeds Beckett University, while also running his practice – Alistair has a wealth of experience in nurturing the next generation of garden design talent.    

For further information on the Yorkshire School of Garden Design and all its courses visit www.ysgd.co.uk

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