Explore famous historic garden and landscape styles from all over the world in this free online landscaping course. This course lays out the factors that influence landscape styles from many cultures. We cross time and space to showcase iconic styles, including Spanish, Moorish, Mughal, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French and English. We show you how different time periods can be identified by their distinctive gardens and we trace the influence of those styles on today’s outdoor architecture. This course suits anyone interested in gardening and landscaping.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Identify various factors influencing landscape styles • Describe famous historical landscape styles • Discuss the architectural elements of Mughal, Chinese and Japanese gardens • Analyze the features of Spanish, Italian, French and English landscape architecture styles • Outline the histories of these iconic gardens • Relate the design principles covered here to your gardening efforts |
| Course Code | 2126 |

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