794-206 Plants in the Landscape

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Horticulture II.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to extend participant's ability to:

• demonstrate understanding of the significance of the different sources of information available to environmental horticulturists;

• describe the functional roles of plants in the landscape;

• demonstrate an understanding of the aesthetic role of plants and built structures in the landscape;

• describe the processes involved in the creation and management of ecologically based landscapes;

• demonstrate understanding of the principles and practices involved in establishing and managing vegetation in a variety of naturally occurring and contrived environments;

• recognise the need to utilise both ecological and technological principles in the pursuit of environmental horticulture;

• demonstrate understanding of the professional role of the environmental horticulturist in the design and management of landscape; and

• recognise the relationship that exists between environmental horticulture and other disciplines.

The content includes sources and quality of the environmental horticulture information base, the design roles of plants in the landscape, the selection and management of trees in the landscape, the creation and management of ecologically based landscapes, the chemical control and manipulation of plants in environmental plantings, the utilisation of vegetation in specific locations, for example building interiors, client oriented landscapes, cemeteries and crematoria, roof gardens, industrial landscapes, coastal locations, ground cover plantings and turf.

Assessment

Examination of 1.5 hours (30%); assignment of 2000 words (30%); two practical reports (30%); seminar (10%).