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Master class Landscape gardener
From 15th to 17th January
''Design, create and maintain an exceptional garden''
From 5th to 9th August (Special hotel)
''Outsourcing maintenance of green spaces, contract monitoring''
''Nursery of flowers, decorations, vegetable gardens permaculture''
Frédéric FAURE
Founding member of SAF
Meilleur Ouvrier de France
Landscape gardener
"Meilleur Ouvrier de France"
and a regular visitor in Mauritius
with more than 200 gardens
created and designed with
charm, Frédéric has become the
renowned expert in the design
of gardens for luxury hotel and
gastronomic restaurants of the
"Meilleurs Ouvriers de France"
and French starred chefs. He is
the author of the bestseller "Créer
son jardin" which has become
within only a few months, the
bible for schools of landscaping
in France.
The landscape gardener develops and maintains green spaces. He
imagines and implements interior plant decorations. He masters different
landscaping work by focusing on the cleanliness of the site. He elaborates
a plan and executes the project on site. He prepares the soil and does
the planting. He applies the necessary care for the proper development
of plants. He constructs landscape works (tiling, paving, low walls, edges).
Objective of Master class
Strengthen and deepen the knowledge of the trainee to enable him to
innovate and create a landscape project and possess all the tools for its
realisation within the regulations. The training ends upon realisation of a
project. Trainees will be asked to imagine and develop a green space,
exterior or interior, with aesthetic and originality.
Training project
The training for landscape gardeners will be structured around an
educational project in a real-life situation, an educational garden or
signature garden. In the case of several groups the training could result in
a competition of the best garden based on the techniques and aesthetic.
Content
The training is structured around 4 modules that are gradually tackled
through numerous practical exercises and theoretical contributions during
the training.
• Concept of gardening, history of gardens, art and aesthetics,
• Design a landscape garden from A to Z: know how to read a plan
and diagram, make a plan or diagram, design a plan with contours,
qualitative – botanical concept: use of various endemic plants, variety
of colours and compatibility – the plants: choice of plants (volume,
colours) to achieve overall aesthetic effects, the protection of plants,
preparation of the planting pits – watering: watering trough, design
a watering pit adapted to the site, watering concept, watering plan
– fountains and basins – lighting: lighting concept, design an artistic
lighting adapted to the site, lighting plan – small civil engineering:
design a tiling, paving, low walls, edges
• Plan and maintain a landscape project: tiling, paving, low walls, edges,
plants, lighting, watering – preparation of soils: earthworks, drainage,
weeding, digging – the size and maintenance: trees, shrubs, bed plants,
climbing plants, the development of the overall aesthetic effects and
maintenance of considerable size, treatment of plants – maintenance
of cutting material (disinfection, sharpening),
• Drafting of the maintenance booklet of the garden (plants, materials).
Duration
2-day or 3-day Master class.
1 to 6 days immersion or halfday audit.