Creating Epic Designs

Start Date

08/01/2019

End Date

08/01/2019

Description

Join Jeff Epping as he takes you through how he and an innovative design team created one of the most unique corporate campuses in the country. Epic Systems, the top healthcare software company in the U.S., began building its first of five themed campuses in 2005 on 340 acres, with sustainability being at the forefront of its design and development. He will take you through the 14-year journey of designing and developing these epic gardens.

Location

Rosemont, IL

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Campus Planning & Design
Horticulture / Plants
Sustainable Development & Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.0

Learning Outcomes

1.) Learn how the landscape design team imagined and created the varied design ideas of the uniquely themed campuses of Epic Systems with CEO Judy Faulkner. Then, review steps on how the team solved obstacles and challenges such as planting in shallow soils over buildings, tunnels and parking garages, as well as widely varied microclimates.
2.) Identify many plants – trees, shrubs and perennials - that were especially useful in creating the look and feel of the themed gardens as well as learning specifics of what was done to adapt these plants to the conditions of the site.
3.) Analyzation of the design plan to explain how the team worked to plant more sustainable gardens in lieu of Kentucky bluegrass lawns typical of corporate America.

Instructors

Jeff Epping

Course Codes

Provider

Perennial Plant Association

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