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Advancing in SketchUp

Online course

When Wed 11 Mar 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Wed 18 Mar 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Wed 25 Mar 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Wed 1 Apr 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Wed 8 Apr 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Wed 15 Apr 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Wed 22 Apr 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Wed 29 Apr 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Thu 29 Jan 2026, 7.55am –

Duration 8 week course, 1hrs / wk

Price £144

Location Online (live)

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Overview

This course is aimed at an intermediate level audience and assumes some knowledge of working with SketchUp. It will follow on from the “Getting started in SketchUp” course.

This is not designed as a “model-along” course
It will suit PC or Mac users
It will use SketchUp pro (2025) and is not suitable for Web/ iPad versions of the software.

The objective is to take you from having some working knowledge of SketchUp and to refine your skills, explore more advanced techniques and use a workflow that allows you to approach modelling in a more efficient way. The course will start with a review of first principles to help attendees improve their workflow and perhaps undo acquired habits.

Please note, following the sad death of Paul Hensey, the tutor, we have taken on two new tutors, Prof. Daniel Zambrano and Hernan de Armas. Daniel is an architect and educator, Hernan an experienced visualiser who works with The Planting Studio. More biographical information can be found on our tutor pages.

The program will approximately follow the schedule below.

The 9 sessions

Week 1: Good practices

Week 2: Adding textures

Week 3: Advanced texturing

Week 4: Simple terrain

Week 5: Terrain 2

Week 6: Sandbox tools

Week 7: Creating awkward structures

Week 8: A unified workflow

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Advancing in SketchUp

Overview

The 9 sessions

What’s on

Sally Morgan – The importance of microclimates and transition zones in the garden

In the Footsteps of Giants – US Lecture Tour 2026

Garden History Shorts with Advolly Richmond, Sandra Lawrence and Noel Kingsbury

Harry Hoblyn – ‘Sweet Disorder’ – managing the Garden at Charleston