HRT 311: Landscape Design and Management Specifications
Course Code: HRT 311
Credits and Offerings
- 4 credits (3 lecture and 2 lab hours per week)
- Spring semester of every year
Course objectives
- Integrate basic design principles into landscape development.
- Develop a working knowledge of plants as related to design intent, site adaptation and maintenance.
- Prepare landscape plans, construction and maintenance specifications.
- Examine the interrelationship among property owners, the design team, nurseries and contractors (construction and maintenance).
Topics
- Landscape Character
- Functional Uses of the Landscape
- Design Intent
- Design Principles
- Organization of Space
- Planting Design Principles
- Plant Selection Process
- Plant/Site Relationships
- Landscape Ecology/Plant Communities
- American Standards for Nursery Stock
- Planting Specifications
- Landscape Management
- Landscape Ordinances
- Pavers, Hardscape
- Water - Design
- Sustainable Landscape Practices
Activities
- Landscape Plan and Graphic Representation
- Landscape Design Process
- Client Interaction
- Site Analysis and Site Inventory
- Design Layout, Site Relationships
- Functional Diagram
- Line Form Composition
- Planting Design Exercises
- Design Projects, Critiques/Evaluations
- Sustainable Landscape Design Projects
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