Landscape Construction

Overview

Learn to construct or build a garden the “right” way. This Landscape Construction course from Warnborough College provides a good grounding for someone entering the landscape industry.

Aims

• Compare the quality and cost of a range of different tools and machinery used in landscape construction.

• Identify tools and machinery used in everyday work by landscape constractors.

• Explain appropriate uses for different tools and machinery on a landscape construction site.

• Prepare landscape plans for a number of landscape sites

• Research and report on marking out boundaries in construction sites

• Describe how to locate contours

• Determine the fall of existing drains, and identify appropriate falls, spacing and depths of drains

• Observe and report on earth moving equipment in operation

• Survey a site and recommend earthworks necessary

• Examine surfacing materials for paths, gardens, etc and determine the appropriate landscaping function of each.

• Assess the construction of a range of different existing landscape features

• Describe preparation of foundations for a specified garden structure, on a specific site.

• Design a rockery at least 30 square metres in area

• Contact a range of suppliers of landscape materials and compare the products available in your locality.

• Identify materials needed to install an irrigation system on a site selected by you.

• Prepare plans of irrigation systems

• Research which species of plants are suitable for hedging in your locality

• Outline how to effectively transplant an existing tree

• Prepare a detailed risk assessment for a landscape construction site

• Identify safe working practices for a landscape construction site

• Determine a list of work tasks to be undertaken on a landscape construction site. Give a time frame for completion of the entire project