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If that is the Anna Gresham Landscape Design School, it is out of New Zealand.
I think that you have to look at any design school or degree in terms of what it can do for your abilities rather than anyone recognizing the name. People almost never ask where you went to school or what your credentials are in the landscape design arena. That makes the knowledge you get from the program the determining factor in its value.
My personal opinion is that a correspondence course is better than no course, but with landscape design the key is really constant interaction, critiques, and discussion. Universities that have LA programs usually have a curriculum that will have you in studio design class for 9 hours a week every year with projects that will keep you camped in there for at least another 10. Then there are the graphics classes in your first or second year for at least 4 hours a week for a year. Plant ID and usage classes for 4 hours a week for a year. Most other landscape arch classes are done in the studio or in charette form. In other words, you eat live, and sleep it with the same people interacting day after day after day.
In a correspondence course you will be spoon fed and will get only a certain perspective. I do not see a lot of value in it, but that is just my opinion. When there is freedom in studying more freely, we all have a tendency to study what we know or what we like. That is not conducive to broadening horizons and gaining in areas that we avoid or simply have not been exposed to.
If you are looking to get some basic overview and general training in drawing and layout it will certainly help. Knowing a little bit about you from your earlier postings, it may be all you need. If I recall, you have a lot of landscape install and plant knowledge. You may only be looking for just for a few skill sets that you want to add to put you over the top. In that case it will be good.
No one cares about your or my credentials, only our portfolios of built work. All that matters is how well you can show what you can do for them and how comfortable they are with you getting the job done.
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