Landscape and Garden Design

Overview

What you will study

The aim of the Landscape and Garden Design course offered by Warnborough College is to develop skills and knowledge in landscape design, construction, features, and landscape business management.

The student will engage in the following activities as part of the stream studies:

• Review the historical evolution of gardens.

• Obtain pre-planning information and use that information to draw plans.

• Identify different principles and styles of landscape designs.

• Analyze garden designs.

• Develop graphic skills and knowledge of drawing materials and techniques.

• Prepare cost estimates for a landscape job.

• Describe surfacing materials and their effects.

• Explain the quality and cost of different landscape materials.

• Develop knowledge of plants, both native and exotic, suitable for local conditions.

• Select plants for difficult sites and conditions.

• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of various pipes, sprinklers, and pumping equipment.

• Recommend irrigation systems for different landscape situations.

• Design a simple irrigation system.

• Design a bush garden and the value and relevance of using native plants.

• Analyze and report on a cottage garden design.

• Analyze and report on a playground design.

• Prepare a playground design for a school or public park.

• Draw layout plans for a range of gardens.

• Conduct a detailed survey of a site, prepare a detailed plan based on that survey, estimate costs and develop contract documentation for that project.

• Explain earthworks and soil preparation techniques used in landscaping.

• Describe alternative techniques for establishing and growing plants.

• Explain a range of landscape construction techniques including building fences, walls, rockeries, paths, water gardens, paving and drainage.

• Compare different landscape materials with respect to their quality, cost, availability and application in garden construction.

• Describe the correct procedures for the proper and safe removal of a limb from a tree, and for the felling of trees.

• Develop a detailed maintenance program for a garden.

• Demonstrate the ability to prepare for, and plant a new lawn.

• Explain how to establish turf on a steep slope.

• Write an advertisement for a landscaping business.

• Explain basic management procedures.

• Show a reasonable level of communication skill.

• Explain health and safety requirements on a landscape site