Spring 2006                           Residential Landscape Design                    Tentative Schedule

Week

Date

Lecture and Discussion Topic(s)

Laboratory

Reading Assignment

1

Jan 11

Introduction, History, and Garden Tour

Lecture Notes and Handout

Overview of plans

Chapters 1 & 2

2

Jan 18

Design Process and Functional Diagrams

Lecture Notes and Handout

Scale, Spacing (Handout), Plant list (Handout)

Chapters 4 & 8

3

Jan 25

Site Analysis/Client Interaction

Lecture Notes and Handout

Site measuring and Base map preparation

Site Analysis Handout

Chapters 5-7

4

Feb 1

Visit site #1 – Site analysis and client interaction

5

Feb 8

Principles and Practices of Design

Lecture Notes and Handout

Work on Project #1 – Base Map Construction

Chapters 9 & 10

6

Feb 15

Exam #1

Symbols (Handout), Work on Project #1 -Functional Diagram; Project Overview Handout

See Project Photos

7

Feb 22

Environmental Design

Lecture Notes and Handout

Work on Project #1 – Preliminary Plan

Chapters  3 & 4, Handouts

8

Mar 1

Plant Selection

Lecture Notes and Handout

Project #1 Due and Presentation  

Handouts

9

Mar 8

Visit Site #2 – Site analysis and client interaction (Mealo Project Outline Handout)

Begin Base Map Preparation & The Great Debate

10

Mar 15

Spring Break – NO CLASS

11

Mar 22

PLANET Mtg. – NO CLASS

12

Mar 29

Plant Placement, Embellishments, Hardscape

Lecture Notes and Handout

Work on Project #2

Handouts

13

Apr 5

Exam #2

Work  on Project #2

 

14

Apr 12

Topography and Drainage

Lecture Notes and Handout

Surveying /Topo Maps

Chapter 11 and Handouts

15

Apr 19

Construction Impacts and Protection Zones

Lecture Notes and Handout

Project #2 Due and Presentation

Handouts

16

Apr 26

Landscape Codes and Ordinances

Lecture Notes and Handout

Grades & Standards

Handouts

17

May 3

Final Exam