Garden Design Course

Eina’s Specialization Diploma in Garden Design and Art is an on-site course in Barcelona aimed at those who wish to design gardens with aesthetic sensitivity, technical expertise, and a sustainable approach.

Through a comprehensive programme that combines the history, theory, and practice of garden design, you will acquire the skills needed to create green spaces —public or private, outdoor or indoor— with a creative and contemporary vision.

Introduction to the Specialization Diploma in Garden Design and Art

This garden design course in Barcelona is designed to help you create green spaces that combine functionality, creativity, and environmental respect. Through comprehensive and practical training, you will develop the skills needed to transform courtyards, terraces, and gardens into livable, sustainable spaces with a distinct identity.

An integrated approach to designing creative and sustainable green spaces

The Specialization Diploma in Garden Design and Art aims to emphasize creative design and its formal expressiveness, training garden designers across all areas necessary for the proper design and development of gardens, courtyards, terraces, small parks, etc., carefully balancing artistic and creative perspectives with technical and even scientific aspects in these designs and creations.

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→ 10 February to 3 July 2026
→ Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 4pm to 8pm. Occasionally, some Fridays will be reserved for outings
→ On-site - 30 ECTS
→ 4.590 €
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Gardens are the domestication of the landscape, a compilation of natural elements arranged and presented as works of art. This course aims to provide students with the tools to create and manage quality landscaping projects, understood as both outdoor and indoor spaces, whether public or private, where the main elements are living matter, with a clear intention of creating environments focused on beauty and well-being.

What will you learn by studying Garden Design at Eina?

The course development will provide strategies and models to approach the design of these sensitive and living spaces, teaching you to diagnose and adopt the most appropriate organizational and technical solutions based on parameters of use, creativity, and beauty, while taking into account environmental constraints and the technical requirements of the solutions implemented.

Who is the Garden Design and Art Course for?

This course is designed for those who wish to specialize in garden design from a transversal perspective, either for professional purposes or personal interest.

Specifically, the postgraduate program is aimed at:

Interior designers looking to expand their training in the field of gardens
Architects
Technical architects
Artists (graduates in Fine Arts, History, or Art History)
Agricultural technical engineers
Anyone with prior experience or sensitivity to the subject

Career Opportunities and Job Prospects

Upon completing the garden design and landscaping course, you will be able to apply your knowledge in multiple areas related to the design of green spaces, both in professional and personal projects.

This diploma can serve as the beginning or consolidation of a career in garden design, providing a solid foundation to develop in sectors such as architecture, landscaping, or exterior design with a creative, functional, and sustainable perspective.

Some of the most common career opportunities include:

Design of gardens and terraces for single-family homes or residential buildings.
Collaboration with architecture, interior design, or landscaping firms as a garden design specialist.
Technical and creative support in gardening companies and green space maintenance.
Design of outdoor spaces in hotels, offices, or industrial complexes to enhance their image and environmental well-being.
Aesthetic and functional consultancy for courtyards, green roofs, vegetated façades, and recreational spaces.
Specialized consultancy in garden design for industry professionals.
Interpretation and cultural mediation in historical or contemporary gardens.
Design of temporary installations for events and activities in outdoor spaces.

Curriculum: Specialization Diploma Program

MODULE 1: USES AND ELEMENTS OF THE GARDEN (12 ECTS)

This first module provides a series of project tools or instruments in two very specific areas: the different functions that a garden can assume - in relation to its social use - and the different elements that make it up. Both aspects are closely related: the different uses will determine the type and configuration of the garden to be designed and, from here, the space will be equipped with the necessary and most appropriate elements to accommodate and respond to these functions. Therefore, a tour will be made of the elements that make up the garden with an organisational but also constructive will, in which these solutions will be linked to a series of uses and functions that this space wants to assume.

Uses and types of garden: The different uses and types of garden will be addressed. Firstly from a functional and social perspective, that is to say, what are the uses that are demanded in public and private open spaces that together can shape a space that meets functional and aesthetic aspects at the time. The different uses will be linked to the physical configuration of the spaces, planting schemes, maintenance needs and environmental efficiency that each use requires and how these can be organised and coordinated in a coherent way in the open space.
Elements of the garden: Each of the above uses is physically configured as a combination of elements that together shape the garden, and have to be appropriate to the expectations of use, maintenance, etc... therefore a tour of the elements that make up the garden and the different physical and constructive forms through which they can be shaped will be made. These elements will function as a design and technical toolbox which, when combined, will give rise to a coherent, sustainable and viable project.

MODULE 2: GARDENS OF THE WORLD (6 ECTS)

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the idea of the garden as a space for recreation, art and thought throughout history. Beyond being an outdoor space in which to carry out everyday activities, gardens have been spaces for artistic expression, learning and places of representation and social projection. Gardens, like any other artistic expression, are a reflection of an era, of a social, economic and historical context that has evolved over time. The module will offer models of concrete garden organisation as examples of specific combinations of the elements that make up the garden.

The module will take a journey through the great cultural traditions of the garden organised through geographical "journeys" and will include lectures by the main authors/designers of gardens in Catalonia.

Gardens of the world: This subject will cover the cultural and social implications of the garden throughout history but will be organised through cultural traditions as a geographical journey through time and space. The methodology for explaining these cultural traditions will be closely linked to the organisation of module 1. In other words, the social, religious, etc. uses of each garden will be explained, as well as the elements that make it up, taking into account the physical and constructive form they assume in each case. These cultural schemes can be applied as an inspiration or aesthetic formalisation of the projects that will be developed in module 3.
Signature gardens: This is a series of talks or lectures in which high-quality garden models will be explained. As in the previous case, the gardens will be explained through two aspects, functionality and the elements that make them up. The talks will be divided into two groups: historians who will present historical gardens from a nearby geographical area and, secondly, lectures by current authors of gardens in Catalonia who will present models of their own work. Some of the sessions may take the form of on-site visits to the gardens under study.

MODULE 3: GARDEN DESIGN AND PROJECTS (12 ECTS)

This last module puts into practice the knowledge acquired in the two previous modules in a real and concrete application. This will be done at two levels of depth or detail that cater to the two profiles at which the programme is aimed.

On the one hand, the first part of the module is aimed at designing open spaces, with garden use, as a coherent combination of uses, elements and cultural references, expressed through a preliminary project of intentions expressed through basic references and organisational schemes. The module will also address the concretisation of these intentions in a viable technical construction project, prior to its implementation. The level of concretion will be adapted to the level of the students, if necessary, establishing several groups with specific teachers, all of them working on the same real space as a repository of the project.

Garden Project and Design: A series of real spaces will be proposed on which a garden design project will be worked on at different levels. As a minimum, there will be a space with a natural slope and a space on built elements (roofs, terraces, patios, etc.). The necessary scheme that the technical project must contain for its subsequent implementation will also be dealt with, paying special attention to the construction details.
Final Specialisation Diploma Project: Synthesis of the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in a project that can focus on diagnosis and description as well as design. It will be considered as an extension and presentation of exercises dealt with in other subjects of the course.

Teaching Staff

Throughout the program, you will learn from specialists who combine solid theoretical training with extensive practical experience in garden design, from artistic, technical, and environmental perspectives.

The course faculty includes:

Beatriz Borque Badenas
Marina Cervera
Estudi ACPA
Narcís Font
Iván Sánchez Fabra
Adrià Sánchez-Llorens
Roger Subirà
Mónica Tárrega Klein
Mireia Teixidó

Why Study Garden Design and Landscaping at Eina

If you’re wondering where to study garden design and landscaping, the answer is Eina. At our center, you will have the opportunity to train in a creative, interdisciplinary environment connected with nature.

The course takes place on a privileged campus at the gates of Collserola Natural Park, featuring over 1,500 m² of creative workshops, workspaces, a library, a photography studio, and fully equipped classrooms.

You will become part of a community with a critical spirit, artistic sensitivity, and a sustainable vocation, where landscape design is approached from a contemporary perspective combining art, technique, and environmental awareness.

Additionally, you will have access to technical guidance, a job board, personalized support, and the opportunity to connect with professionals and companies in the sector to enrich your training and practical experience.

Discounts, fees and payment options

10% discount for:

Former studant or current students of Eina
Staff from CICAT partner companies
Members of the Catalan Association of Art Critics (ACCA)
Members of the Association of Museologists of Catalonia (AMC)
Members of the Association of Professional Illustrators of Valencia (APIV)
Members of the Professional Association of Illustrators of Catalonia (APIC)

5% discount for:

UAB Alumni

- Consult the fees for all UAB-specific studies (Masters, Postgraduate and UAB courses

One-time payment option:

100% at the time of acceptance (payment must be made within 10 days of acceptance
to guarantee the reservation of the place)

Fractionated payment option:

50% at the time of acceptance (payment must be made within 10 days of acceptance
to guarantee the reservation of the place)
50%: 30 days before the course begins.

For further details check on academic info.

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