Unleash Your Creativity, Gain New Skills and Grow Your Confidence!
At the California School of Garden Design, we believe in nurturing creativity and passion. Join us and unleash your full potential!
Meet Our Team
Rob Littlepage
Landscape Design, Grading and SketchUp Training
Rob is a landscape architect, gardener and is passionate about native plants and landscapes. He is the founder and principal instructor of the courses with over 40 years of hands-on experience in the courses he teaches.
Marc Denzin
Drip Irrigation Design for the Home and Vineyard
Marc has over 30 years of experience in irrigation design and installation. What he teaches is practical information, not simply theory.
What we do.
Envision It.
Since 1998 the California School of Garden Design has been offering courses in landscape design, irrigation, low-voltage lighting and vegetable gardening. Our classes have been developed to provide a practical venue for those wanting a focused approach to learning.
Construct It.
Each of our courses offers challenges to the student by incorporating hands-on exercises to reinforce the subject being presented. We believe that you learn most effectively when you put the tools we provide to work on your own project or one we may provide.
Cultivate It.
Our upcoming courses on gardening and propagation will give you the confidence to grow your own vegetables and herbs, bringing home-grown fresh food to your table.
conserve It.
Landscape design is more than simply selecting plants – it is also engineering and water management. With courses on irrigation as well as grading techniques, students become familiar with the necessary skills to communicate their ideas to landscape contractors and other professionals when presenting design solutions.
Refine It.
As you develop ideas, taking the concept plan into SketchUp opens the door to reviewing your solution in 3-dimension. This gives us the opportunity to refine the design and present it in a manner that is visual and extremely powerful.
Spread the Word.
Our courses not only educate our students, but the student now becomes a voice of credibility and confidence when explaining conservation, sustainability and creativity to others.