LNTP 145 - Creating Gardens in a Digital Age

(G only)

This course introduces students to historical garden designs as well as current ecologically influenced trends, such as sustainable landscaping and native planting designs. Through traditional and digital media, students will learn to apply these influences to create their own designs and to prepare graphic presentations, plant palettes, and price quotes. Three Saturday field trips will look at garden designs that will form the basis of the students’ projects. Assessment Level(s): AELR 930 /ELAR 980 /READ 099 . One hour lecture, two hours laboratory each week. Formerly LN 140.

2 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of historical designs and current ecological ethics on contemporary gardens.
Create select appropriate historical design concepts and elements, as well as current ecological and sustainable approaches, and apply them to a variety of sites.
Demonstrate the role of planting design as key to creating and reinforcing historical or ecological design concepts.
Demonstrate the use of digital cameras and landscape design software.
Conceptualize and produce a full range of presentation materials by communicating the current conditions, the design intent, the proposed solutions pricing, maintenance, and horticultural information.

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