Sustainable Landscape Design

Sustainable Landscape Design

ONLINE Landscape DESIGN CLASS

Dates & Prices

October 15–November 12, 2025


Fee: $189

Fee for Innovators, Gardens Preferred, and Gardens Premium Members: $170


Registrations may be cancelled up to two weeks before the event, and your registration fee, less a $30 processing fee, will be refunded.

To notify us of your cancellation, email us or call 610-388-5454.

Register by October 9, 2025

Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members and Innovators save on Continuing Education Courses

A 10% discount on classes will be applied automatically at the time of checkout. 

Discuss the contemporary theory of sustainable landscape design while learning alternative landscaping methods to alleviate environmental pressures caused by invasive species, storm water runoff, and habitat destruction. Study the landscape to recognize potential problems and identify solutions that will reduce the environmental impact and conserve biodiversity. Apply what you’ve learned by designing a solution for a given landscape and share your ideas with your classmates during the final session.

Certificate Information

This course is a required core component of our Landscape Design Certificate

Course Schedule

Live-streamed sessions
Wednesdays, October 15–November 12, 2025 
6:00–8:00 pm

You’ll have access to the recordings of the weekly live-streamed sessions and online material for six months following the conclusion of the course.

Location

Online, live-streamed 

Instructor

Owen Wormser

After receiving a degree in landscape architecture in 1998, Owen Wormser founded a landscape design/build business. Since then, he has designed and built hundreds of landscapes inspired by his study of the natural world, as well as horticulture, ecology, permaculture, and organic agriculture.

Wormser's business, Abound Design, provides design and installation services in western Massachusetts with a focus on creating sustainability, regeneration, and beauty. His first book, Lawns Into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape, was released in 2020.

Materials

Extend your learning beyond the live-streamed weekly sessions with supplemental materials available in the online classroom.

The supply list can be found here ›