Interior, Spatial & Garden Design courses in London
Whether you want to transform your home or garden, enhance your design portfolio or embark on a new career we have an Interior, Spatial or Garden design course that’s right for you.
Good Interior or Garden design requires skills, not only in developing, presenting and communicating ideas but in understanding and maximising the opportunities afforded by spaces. Taught by practising professionals our extensive range of on site or online courses help you develop skills and knowledge in every stage of the design process. Enjoy learning how to respond to briefs, accurately measure spaces, develop ideas, work with colour, texture, furniture, plants and accessories, draw and present engaging plans in 2D and 3D using hand drawn and digital techniques and communicate effectively with clients.
Using the latest professional software, including SketchUp Pro, VectorWorks and Photoshop, your Interior or Garden Designs will impress any client
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
For more information please contact Visual Arts: VisualArts@citylit.ac.uk
16 courses available
SketchUp Pro for beginnersLearn to visualise and model interior spaces and 3D forms on this fast track course. Skills in this user friendly and affordable software is invaluable for Interior designers, Garden designers and Set designers who wish to improve their presentations. The software works on both PC or Mac.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00- Vectorworks for beginnersLearn how to visualise your 2D and 3D design ideas using the professional application Vectorworks. Vectorworks is very user-friendly, industry standard software that is ideal for architectural planning, interior design projects, 3D modelling and landscaping.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
- AutoCAD 2D for Mac: introductionAutoCAD is an essential part of the work process for engineers, designers, architects and visualisers. This course will teach you to create 2D technical drawings on a Mac in one of the leading CAD design programmes.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00
- AutoCAD 2D for Windows: introduction
This is a new course and we are currently developing the course outline. Please check back soon.
Keeley Street
Wed 14 Oct 2026Nicholas WilliamsonFull fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - SketchUp Pro: intermediateThis intensive course is designed for people who have either completed the SketchUp Pro for beginners course or have previous experience of the software. A great opportunity to review your skills and take them to a more advanced level. There will be the opportunity for you to consider your own projects during the course.
Keeley Street
Fri 16 Oct 2026Nicholas WilliamsonFull fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Garden design: plan for SpringPlan ahead and use the dark Winter months to focus on getting your garden spring ready. Discover how to reconsider the layout and planting opportunities of your outside space and create personalised garden plans ahead of the peak Spring buying and planting season.
Keeley Street
Thu 22 Oct 2026Alison WorsterFull fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Design your own garden I: planning and layout
Explore the exciting opportunities and challenges involved in designing your own garden. Develop your creative skills and learn to maximise the potential of your space through practical workshops, using planning and layout design techniques.
Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - AutoCAD 3D for Mac: introduction
This is a new course and we are currently developing the course outline. Please check back soon.
Keeley Street
Sat 7 Nov 2026Nicholas WilliamsonFull fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - Design your own garden II: planting design
Explore the principles of planting design using form, line and texture to create dynamic planting schemes. In weekly workshops, improve the breadth of your plant knowledge whilst developing the skills and techniques of garden designers.
Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Design your own gardenExplore the principles of planting design using form, line and texture to create dynamic planting schemes. In weekly workshops, improve the breadth of your plant knowledge whilst developing the skills and techniques of garden designers.
Keeley Street
Wed 20 Jan 2027Alison WorsterFull fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Vectorworks: fast track
This course is a newly launched course at City Lit. The course outline is currently in development, and additional details will be made available in due course. Please check back for updates.
Keeley Street
Tue 26 Jan 2027Nicholas WilliamsonFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Introduction to garden design
This is a beginners’ course and no previous experience is necessary. This course is for anyone with an interest in garden design and looking to improve their own garden.
You should be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions, demonstrations, hand-outs and health and safety information, and will be invited to take part in group discussion. You should be able to use numbers and be able to do simple measurements and calculations.Keeley Street
Mon 15 Feb 2027Alison WorsterFull fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Try it out: garden designGet a taste of how you can improve your outside spaces. In this online workshop you will learn how to assess an outside space and complete a short exercise in garden design planning. A great preparation for our range of beginners garden design courses.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
- Garden design for beginnersExplore the principles of planting design using form, line and texture to create dynamic planting schemes. In weekly workshops, improve the breadth of your plant knowledge whilst developing the skills and techniques of garden designers.
Keeley Street
Tue 4 May 2027Alison WorsterFull fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - AutoCAD 3D for Windows: introduction
This is a new course and we are currently developing the course outline. Please check back soon.
Keeley Street
Sat 29 May 2027Nicholas WilliamsonFull fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00
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