Ontario College Diploma in Landscape Design Technician

Fanshawe College

Ontario’s only two-year Landscape Design Technician Diploma offers hands-on learning in our Design studios and botanical garden campus, with experienced instructors providing industry-ready skills in each course. Design is the primary focus each semester to give you the foundation you need to become a successful landscape designer. This program prepares graduates for employment with landscape design-build companies, landscape contractors, landscape architectural design firms, suppliers, garden centres, nurseries, and municipalities. Throughout the program, students gain expertise in plant identification, landscape design principles, sustainable ecological design practices, site inventory, computer illustration and visualization, materials and construction specifications. The curriculum includes hands-on learning in our 100-acre botanical garden campus, design studios, construction labs and computer labs teaching industry standard software programs such as AutoCAD and SketchUP. Students will be prepared to enter the landscape design industry as confident professionals able to plan, design and budget projects, making informed decisions to help mitigate effects of climate change. Our program combines coursework with two paid co-op work terms, so students gain real work experiences and continue to build key employability skills. Program experiential learning opportunities include real-world projects and clients, field trips to botanical gardens, local residential garden and design tours, and participation in Landscape Ontario conferences and trade shows.