Friday, 1st August 2025 is the next enrolment cut off date. Places are limited, in demand and entry into the course is on a first come first served basis.
Your enrolment is processed and acknowledged within 24 hours of the Institute receiving your application. You can expect to receive your course within days of enrolling. When you start your ICI course it’s at your own pace and you determine when you finish.
Do you dream of creating and maintaining stunning outdoor spaces? Take your gardening skills to the next level and advance your career prospects with our online landscaping course.
Designed in consultation with the landscaping industry, this course will give you the knowledge and practical skills you need to thrive in this exciting and growing industry.
Explore our course breakdown below or enrol now to get started.
Course Outline:
When you enrol on our landscaping courses online, you will complete the following units of study:
1 Landscape Design
Planning process
Landscaping design
Implementation
2 Landscape Planning
Plant installation list
Inert installation material list
Landscape development list
Inventory lists
4 Cost Estimating
Cost estimating process
Landscaping cost components
5 Visual Analysis
Factors affecting the visual environment
Visual improvement plan development
Analysing visual components
6 Streetscape
Streetscape planning process
Walkway planning process
7 Planting Design
Design
Plants
9 Irrigation
Systems and components
Design process
10 Monuments
Monument planning process
Monument criteria
Static displays
11 Exterior Lighting
Exterior lighting system planning process
12 Urban Forestry
Design
Urban forestry management plan
13 Erosion Control
Erosion control planning process and guidelines
Erosion measures
14 Interior Planting
Design
Maintenance
How Will You Benefit?
There are many benefits associated with studying our garden design courses online. For example, you will:
Fast track your career in landscaping
Complete a learning programme that has been designed in conjunction with expert landscapers
Study at your own pace, allowing you to fit your landscaping course around other commitments
Have a personal tutor who will answer any questions you have and be available to offer support and guidance
Save time and money by avoiding in-person learning
Pay upfront to receive a 10% discount on your course fee, or opt for our interest-free weekly payment plan
Enrol on our landscaping course today to start reaping the benefits!
Career Prospects:
Landscaping is varied and rewarding work. As a specialist in this field, you could help to create and maintain outdoor environments including private and commercial gardens, public parks, golf courses and much more.
Trained professionals in this field can pursue a wide range of career opportunities. Options include:
Landscape Contractors
Landscape designers are often on staff to share their knowledge of design, cultivation, plants and planting, hardscapes, and more. Some centres may offer their customers individualized landscape design services.
Retail Garden Centres
These centres often employ landscapers to share their knowledge of design, plants, hardscapes and other key topics. Certain garden centres may also offer their customers personalised landscape design services.
Wholesale Greenhouses or Nurseries
Working for a plant supplier like this, you might be involved in tasks such as selecting plants, creating plans for planting, purchasing supplies and establishing and maintaining inventories.
Interiorscape Companies
Shopping centres, office complexes, hospitals, schools and homeowners increasingly use landscapers to create interior plantscapes, courtyards and gardens.
Clubs & Resorts
These businesses often rely on professionals with knowledge of plants and grasses to keep their outdoor areas looking their best.
Public Gardens
From parks and botanical gardens to historic sites and government facilities, a range of public gardens rely on landscapers for design and maintenance.
Typical tasks, and opportunities to advance
Typical tasks you may be involved with as a landscaper include discussing clients’ needs, designing and planning green spaces, working from plans made by landscape architects or garden designers, ordering supplies, preparing the ground, planting and pruning trees and shrubs, installing features such as paving, rock gardens and paths, and ongoing maintenance.
There are many opportunities to specialise within the landscaping profession, and also ways to advance your career. For example, in larger firms, you may seek promotion to a supervisory or management role. Alternatively, you may decide to become a self-employed contractor, giving you the chance to be your own boss.
Course Levels Explained:
Diploma
Our landscaping course leads to the awarding of a Diploma. This qualification recognises the graduate’s capacity for initiative and judgement across a broad range of technical and management functions. Graduates typically have personal responsibility and autonomy (semi-independence) in performing technical operations or organizing others in the workplace.
Prerequisites:
There are NO previous work or education requirements for entry into our landscaping course.
So, if you want to enhance your landscaping skills and realise your goal of working in this exciting and varied profession, simply enrol on our learning programme today.
Course Length:
Students typically complete their course within 24 weeks.
Enrolling on an ICI landscaping course gives you the chance to study at your own pace, without having to worry about meeting assignment deadlines. You determine how quickly you graduate. You could do this in a matter of months if you wish to fast track your studies, or alternatively, you can take up to three years. It’s up to you.
Study Mode: Online Learning
Our entire landscaping course is conducted online via distance learning. Also known as correspondence learning, this offers maximum flexibility. You can fit your studies around work, family and any other commitments you have. And because the course is remote, you don’t have to worry about commuting to attend classes in person.
We have devised our landscaping course to be highly relevant and engaging, and you can learn, take assessments and access tutorial assistance whenever and wherever you are in the world.
Recognition & Accreditation:
Our online landscaping course is recognised and accredited by the International Association of Private Career Colleges (IAPCC) and the International Approval and Registration Centre (IARC). ICI courses are not AQF qualifications. ICI is an independent global awarding body that develops and administers career-related curriculum and training programs. When you graduate from an ICI training program you join ICI graduates in over 150 countries around the world.
Like all ICI learning programmes, it is highly practical. It teaches far more than simply the theory of landscaping, providing you with in-depth knowledge and skills that will give you a competitive advantage in this dynamic industry.
ICI is a member of the Australian Society of Horticulture Science. AuSHS promotes the horticulture profession, the study of horticulture, introduces codes of management and ethics and provides technical advice to government and industry organisations.
Already in the Profession or Industry?
Already working as a landscaper or garden designer? This course is for you. It will help you to consolidate and advance your knowledge of this expansive subject area, contributing to your professional development and making you a more attractive prospect to employers or clients.
Note that course fees can be claimed as a tax deduction as long as our landscaping programme is sufficiently connected to your work activities.
What Do I Get?
All the materials you need to complete our online landscaping course are included in the course fee. Once you enrol, you will receive:
All required study materials and course notes
Assignment projects with constructive tutor feedback
A tutor who will answer all your course and career questions and provide guidance
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive:
A graduation certificate officially recognising your successful completion of studies and qualifications as a landscaper
Transcripts indicating the units completed
A letter of recommendation and validation for current and future employers
Post-nominal letters placed after your name which indicate that you hold the relevant qualification (for example: John Smith, DipLndScp)
Job search assistance: discover more about our Graduate Career Services Programme