LCGD Melbourne

AI can generate a garden image in seconds.

It can suggest plants, produce concepts and create visualisations faster than ever before.

So where does that leave garden designers?

Perhaps in a stronger position than many people think.

The more we use AI, the more obvious it becomes that great garden design has never been about producing drawings alone. It’s about understanding people, understanding place and imagining possibilities that don’t yet exist.

AI is a powerful tool. But it remains just that: a tool.

As Brent Reid explains in our latest article, there is no substitute for the human touch. Or human creativity.

The future isn’t AI or designers.

It’s AI and designers.

Read the full article https://www.lcgd.com.au/news/ai-and-garden-design

There aren’t many garden design students who get invited through the gates of Stonefields.

Or spend a day walking through the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne discussing design decisions in real time with a practising designer.

In June, that’s exactly where our students will be.

First year students will visit Royal Botanic Cranbourne to study one of Australia’s most important contemporary landscapes. Second year students will head to Stonefields, Paul Bangay’s extraordinary private garden, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes learning experience.

For students joining online from across Australia and New Zealand, Brent Reid lectures live via video throughout the day so they experience the same conversations and learning alongside the Melbourne cohort.

It’s one thing to learn about great gardens. It’s another to stand inside them and understand why they work.

Our thanks to for his ongoing support of tomorrow’s garden designers and for generously opening the gates of Stonefields to our students each year.