Workshop

self-paced with a critique

Self Paced Design

This workshop is intended for both the novice and intermediate gardener, from home owners to property managers to community leaders to new niche design firms. There’s no pressure. And Benjamin will be here when you have your landscape plan completed to offer his thoughts and advice.

There are four components:

  • 4 video lectures
    • Starting Your Native Plant Garden
    • Fundamentals of Layers
    • Intro to Matrix Design
    • Designing With Common Nursery Plants
  • 5 pocket guides
  • blueprint creation
  • critique from BV
Native plants plugs laid out in a new front yard sidewalk bed.
sample student natural garden design plan from a workshop led by designer and author benjamin vogt

"This workshop was my first attempt at a formal inquiry into garden design. Benjamin's approach to design is intuitive and natural, as is his approach to teaching. I left the workshop with confidence and some new ideas."

"Everything I had been trying to understand about native plants became clear to me the minute this workshop began. Benjamin’s information and matrix system makes it incredibly simple to do minor or major spaces."

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Front yard meadow bed full of diverse native plant flowers and grasses in the foreground, contrasting with the background of suburban monoculture lawns and hard concrete surfaces like streets, sidewalks, and driveways. We can do better for the health and resilience in the places we call home.