Saturday Plant Identification Walks: Grasses and Perennials for Visual Texture

Start Date

08/10/2019

End Date

08/10/2019

Description

Saturday, Aug. 10 | 10 a.m. – noon

Individual walk: $20 members | $25 nonmembers

Aug. 10: Grasses and Perennials for Visual Texture | Mellon Park Entrance on Beechwood Ave.

Objective: To be familiar with a variety of landscape plants and their uses in Pittsburgh landscapes

Level: Beginner to intermediate

Prerequisite: None

The best way to learn about new plants is to see them firsthand in the landscape. On each Saturday walk, landscape architecture instructor and eminent plantsman Joshua Beblo will introduce you to dozens of plants in the landscape. Walks will focus on different themes, and any plants you pass are fair game for identification and discussion. Tune in to the wonderful world of plants all around you. Additional walk details will be sent out to registered students.

These courses are also open to the public, so please contact Phipps at edu@phipps.conservatory.org with your LA license number after registering in order for us to process your credit.

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Horticulture / Plants
Residential Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

2.0

Learning Outcomes

1) Learn to identify several species/cultivars of grasses and perennials.

2) Discuss the features that make these plants suited to the local environment.

3) Discuss the role of visual texture as an element in a home landscape design.

Instructors

Joshua Beblo

Course Codes

Provider

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

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