Landscape Plant Establishment and Maintenance

Catalog description

The course examines the environmental factors that assure success of landscape plants and the plant physiological conditions affected by the management practices (e.g., selecting plants, planting, irrigating, fertilizing, mulching, pruning, and pest management) used to successfully produce, grow, install, and maintain ornamental plants in the nursery and landscape. Students analyze and summarize their findings from landscape evaluations conducted in the field and produce and present a thorough landscape management plan to an audience of their peers, professionals, and guests. By the end of the semester students will be conversant on the best management practices for selecting, planting, and maintaining plants in the landscape and capable of making landscape installation and management decisions and presenting them to their clientele.