206-104 Horticulture I

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Subject Description

Topics include:

• the theories and practice of plant manipulation, including those for plant propagation, plant transplantation and landscape maintenance;

• types of landscape plants used in environmental horticulture;

• sites, growing media and an introduction to soils;

• the use of horticultural chemicals and necessary safety factors;

• the range of equipment/machinery used in environmental horticulture;

• the concept of plant quality;

• systems theory and its application to environmental horticulture;

• and the influence of key climatic phenomena on the growth of horticultural plants.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours) 40%, assignment (2500 words) 20%, practical participation and report (1000 words) 10%, plant materials tests (2 hours) 30%.

Recommended Texts

• H T Hartmann, D E Kester, F T Davies and R Geneve, Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices, 6th ed.. Prentice Hall International, 1997.
• K A Handreck and N D Black, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf. rev ed., NSW University Press, 1994.
• J Kellow (ed), Landscape Plant Manual Vol. 1. Burnley College, The University of Melbourne, 1999.