206-252 Horticultural Management I

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Topics include technical issues relating to a specific horticultural industry sector; aboriculture: safely climbing and pruning trees by utilising modern technologies and techniques; parks and gardens: park design and resource planning, development of standards and specifications; turf management, park materials and equipment; landscape construction: soil mechanics and application, construction techniques and materials, surveying and calculations; nursery: production contracts and management, plant growth regulators, plant nutrition management, nursery accreditation; practical activities related to a horticultural industry sector (landscape construction, parks and gardens or nursery); principles of plant design and composition; and study of plant groups based on garden styles, landscape themes and cultural factors.

Assessment

One final 2-hour written examination worth 35% of final marks, one mid-semester 1-hour examination worth 15% of final marks and practical and written assessments to 3000 words (sector based) worth 50% of final marks.

Prescribed Texts

• Burnley College, University of Melbourne, Version 1.05, Burnley Plant Directory (Database) 2000. Burnley College, University of Melbourne.