Design Your Own Garden

<p><span style="font-size:16px">Design Your Own Garden – an opportunity to improve and refresh your garden with help from a professional garden designer. You will need a garden on which to base your design.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px">Expect a supportive atmosphere where your ideas will be encouraged, discussed and, if appropriate, refined. You will be introduced to new concepts, new materials and new garden styles. The aim is to enable learners to survey their own garden and make a basic landscape plan. The course is aimed at homeowners who wish to design, change or improve their own gardens; it is not intended for professional garden designers. </span><br />
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Deadline for enrolment:  </strong><br />
18 October (for course starting on 8 November)<br />
19 December (for course starting on 16 January).<br />
An information pack will be sent out to students 3 weeks before the first session of the course.</span></span> </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px">No</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px">No, but it is important that participants have a garden, or part of a garden, to work on during the sessions.  </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px">After completing their design, many students decide to take the ‘Choosing plants for your Borders’ course. This enables them to make informed choices about the plants they could use to finish their gardens.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">The cost of several sheets of tracing paper is included in the course cost.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">You may choose to buy pencils and a pair of compasses from the tutor.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px">No, but students who wish to carry on with their plans at home are welcome to do so.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px">A tablespoon of soil from their garden.<br />
Photographs of their plot – it helps if a couple are printed out. <br />
Their completed garden survey, however basic it might seem. <br />
A pencil and note pad, and a pair of compasses<br />
A packed lunch</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px">Tutor presentation and explanation<br />
Learners will be encouraged to share their experiences of their gardens.<br />
Learners will learn through discussions with the tutor and other students, and will be shown a variety of landscaping materials.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Course Cancellations by Us</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· If we cancel your course, your fees will be refunded in full.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· We cannot reimburse the cost of any materials you may have purchased. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Cancellations by You</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· If you cancel 7 days or more before the course start date: Refund issued minus a 20% administration fee.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· If you cancel less than 7 days before the start date or after the course has started: No refund will be issued. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Transfers</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· Transfers must be requested at least 7 days before the course start date.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· A 10% transfer fee applies.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· Transfers due to our cancellation of your original course are free of charge. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Illness and Absence</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· No refunds are available for non-attendance due to sickness or ill health.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">How Refunds Are Issued</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· Refunds are returned via the original payment method:<br />
• Booked online or by phone - Refund to the card used.<br />
• Paid in person at Stoke Lodge - Please bring your payment card to the office. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Online Course Access</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· Learners are responsible for ensuring they have suitable internet access and equipment before the course begins.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· No refunds will be issued due to technical issues with a learner’s own internet or computer.</span></span></span></p>