Stop guessing about your garden. Start defining what it could become.
Get your Garden Design Game Plan in one live workshop.
In 60 minutes, define what you want from your garden, create a vision for how you want it to look and feel, and explore how that vision could take shape on your own property.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
4:00 p.m. Pacific / 7:00 p.m. Eastern
Live online workshop - includes replay
60 minutes + Q & A
$27
You want a beautiful garden. But how do you get from the yard you have now to the garden you want?
✤ Maybe your landscape's been built piecemeal over years. Some things work and some things don't, but overall, it needs an overhaul.
✤ Maybe you have tons of ideas, but you're struggling to translate them into your own space.
✤ Maybe you're starting with a blank slate, and the thought of figuring out the entire space is overwhelming.
So you're stuck trying to answer questions like:
What do I actually want from this space?
What kinds of gardens am I drawn to, and what is it about them that appeals to me?
Where should the different areas go?
How could it all work together?
What do I tackle first?
And when you don't have the bigger picture worked out, every one of those decisions becomes its own problem to solve.
That's what you'll fix in the Garden Design Game Plan Workshop.
You want your garden to reflect your taste, priorities, and the way you actually live
You want to understand which garden styles and design elements appeal to you without feeling like you have to fit neatly into one style
You need help translating what you want into your actual property, with its existing conditions and constraints
You want to make confident future decisions about your garden by always keeping the bigger picture in mind
You want to be able to clearly communicate your vision — whether that's to a spouse, contractor, or landscape professional
This workshop is for you if —
BY THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SAY:
I know what I want this garden to become.
I can show what I want it to look and feel like.
I'm starting to see how it could take shape on my property.
Build your Garden Design Game Plan
In this live, interactive workshop, I'll guide you through the process as you create 3 connected pieces for your own garden.
1. Your Design Compass
Create a design brief that gives your garden a clear direction before you make any other design decisions.
You’ll clarify:
Who the garden is for and what you want to happen there
How you want the space to feel
Your priorities and must-have elements
Your Design Compass becomes a point of reference for evaluating inspiration, layout ideas, plants, and future design decisions.
2. Explore Six Garden Styles
I'll walk you through six major garden styles and show you the design qualities that define each one.
You'll also see how elements from different styles can work together, helping you recognize the qualities you want to bring into your own garden.
You'll take those preferences to the next step: building a mood board that captures how you want your garden to look and feel.
3. Your Mood Board
The goal is to gather visual references that reflect your Design Compass and your personal garden style.
You’ll learn how to use images to identify the styles, materials, colors, atmosphere, and experiences you’re drawn to.
Your Mood Board is not just a collection of pretty pictures. It becomes a visual reference you will use to evaluate future garden ideas and decisions.
4. Your Bubble Diagram
Create your first sketch of what might go where. Landscape designers call this a bubble diagram. It's a way of exploring different use zones and how they relate to one another.
The connection to your house including access and views
Existing elements and site conditions
Exploring landscape use-zone locations
Basic relationships between those zones
Instead of staring at your yard wondering where to start, you'll begin testing where your different garden spaces could be located and why.
This is a crucial first step before worrying about measurements, plant lists, or any landscape details.
By the time you’re done, your garden won't be just a collection of ideas in your head.
You'll have worked through what you want from your garden, what’s most important, what you want it to look and feel like, and how those ideas could translate to your actual space.
You'll leave with a Garden Design Game Plan you can use to:
Explain what you want from your garden and why
Recognize the garden styles and overall feeling that belong in your vision
Evaluate new ideas quickly instead of considering every possibility from scratch
Begin organizing where different activities and spaces belong in your landscape
Propel forward your own DIY landscape design
Hand over to a landscape professional to clearly communicate your priorities and preferences
Instead of a head full of disconnected questions and ideas, you'll have a documented Game Plan that’s ready to go.
This is a working workshop — not an hour of sitting back and taking notes.
You’ll write, choose, sketch, compare, and make decisions about your own space.
By the end, you'll have your Garden Design Game Plan in hand, not simply learned about the process.
You Will Work Through:
✤ Professional landscape-design principles
✤ Short teaching segments
✤ Garden-style examples
✤ Individual exercises with timed work periods
✤ Step-by-step guidance
Meet your instructor —
I'm Tina, a landscape designer with a degree in horticulture and a master's degree in landscape architecture.
I’ve worked with landscape architects around the San Francisco Bay Area, and taught a similar professional design process to thousands through my course on LinkedIn Learning.
I created the Garden Design Game Plan Workshop to teach you how to start designing your garden by defining what you want from it first, then beginning to translate that into your own space.
What others have said about Tina & Greenhouse Studio —
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“I love your suggestions. This is exactly the kind of actionable advice I was hoping for. Thanks again for your invaluable guidance. ”
— Reva H.★★★★★
“We found it to be incredibly valuable. You're very good at these, and I think many will find them helpful. It really added momentum to our project.”
— Patrick H.★★★★★
It was more valuable than I anticipated. Not only did I learn more about my yard than I realized I didn’t know, but I have a great summary and list of suggestions to confidently move forward on making it an amazing space.
— Lima B.★★★★★
“This was really helpful in getting me started. Thank you!”
— Dana E.★★★★★
“Hi Tina, You have literally saved my final project that is due by May 1st. Thank you so much for the information on mood boards and designing your space. I'm at the end of a design program at FIU and was feeling completely overwhelmed. Thank you. I will follow you forever!🌹
— Rosa★★★★★
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— Kim H.★★★★★
“Thanks for such amazing tips and teaching! You’re my gardening teacher now. 🧑🏼🌾”
— Knajmee★★★★★
“Loved the course Tina!”
— Jaime S.★★★★★
“Thank you for a huge learning experience!”
— Norman H.★★★★★
“This content was helpful with a clearn understanding of what was being said, along with examples.”
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Money-Back Guarantee
If you complete the workshop and don’t come away with a clearer idea of what you want your garden to become, how you want it to look and feel, and how it could take shape on your property, email me within 7 days and I’ll refund your $27.
Workshop details
Garden Design Game Plan Workshop
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 4:00 p.m. Pacific / 7:00 p.m. Eastern
Format: Live online workshop
Duration: 60 minutes + Q & A
Price: $27
Registration closes at 3:30 p.m. Pacific on Thursday, September 24, 30 minutes before the workshop begins.
This is where your ideas start becoming a garden design.
Know what you want your garden to become.
Be able to show what you want it to look and feel like.
See how it could take shape on your property.
Then use your Game Plan to keep designing it yourself — or take it to a landscape professional.