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Study in:: Cambridge
Available as:: Short course
Course features: Take your career as a children's book creator to the next level with five days of bespoke tuition to help you develop your practice.

Study in:: Writtle
Available as:: Short course
Course features: You can develop or rediscover a love of drawing and how it can positively impact your wellbeing in this art course within our beautiful grounds and greenhouse.

Study in:: Writtle
Available as:: Short course
Course features: Connect with nature to improve your mental and physical wellbeing in this course which is designed to give an understanding of biophilic design.

Study in:: Writtle
Available as:: Short course
Course features: Learn some basic skills at this four hour caregiver and child workshop.

Study in:: Writtle
Available as:: Short course
Course features: Indulge your love of all things floral with our fun, informal Floristry Design workshop at Writtle College.

Study in:: Writtle
Available as:: Short course
Course features: Discover the procedures, processes and principles of garden design and how these are applied in practice via a hypothetical garden site. Our course in Writtle runs one morning per week, over ten weeks.

Study in:: Writtle
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Course features: Gain an in-depth understanding of garden design processes and procedures, from interpreting briefs to presenting design proposals. Study one morning per week over ten weeks, in Writtle.

Study in:: Cambridge
Available as:: Short course
Course features: Enjoy learning about the process of writing and illustrating a picturebook for children.

Study in:: Cambridge
Available as:: Short course
Course features: Join our Writing, Illustrating and Designing for Picturebooks Summer School and learn from the world-leading MA Children’s Book Illustration team and international experts.