207-210 Open Space Management

207-212 Horticulture of Australian Plants.

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

• define the professional role that environmental horticulture plays in the management of landscape and open space;

• describe the role of public open space management in satisfying the diverse recreational needs of a contemporary society;

• outline planning processes and organisational structures in the provision of public open space;

• describe systems of management for public open space, including cost effective horticultural and landscape maintenance practices;

• describe the role of interpretation in public open space;

• evaluate the use, selection and management of landscape plants in public open space.

The content includes:

• current levels and types of public open space provision in relation to society's needs;

• design and planning in public open space and the role of environmental horticulture in this process;

• principles of vegetation management in public open space; and

• case studies of management in specific open space locations (including nature-like landscapes, playgrounds, small urban parks, etc);

• maintenance-management systems and processes;

• interpretation in public open space;

• organisations and agencies involved in public open space; evaluation and quality of public open space; and

• study and evaluation of landcape plants using key selection criteria.

A two-hour examination (50% of total marks) and a written assignment equivalent to 4000 words (50% of total marks).