It is Not Your Fault that the Plants Died Shortly, But You Could Give them a Better Chance of Surviv

Start Date

09/08/2020

End Date

12/31/2021

Description

There are a lot of factors that can contribute to the survival and thrival of newly transplanted plants in landscaping industry. The common reason is soil moisture: either not enough (underwatering) or too much (overwatering). Landscape architects are typically are not the parties to blame if a proper maintenance instruction have been included. Vast majority of the failure cases are due to the lack of maintenance by the landscape contractors or the property owners.
But it would make the designs look bad. Is there anything the landscape architects can do to give the plants a better chance to survive? New technologies that make the best usage of natural precipitation (stormwater) to stabilize soil moisture will be reviewed. Case studies across the North America will be used to illustrate on how these methods can significantly reduce the need of maintenance, and therefore the reliance of landscape contractors to keep the plants alive.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Parks & Recreation
Rural Landscape
Site Planning
Sustainable Development & Design
Transportation
Urban Planning & Design
Water / Stormwater Management

Health, Safety and Welfare

Hours

1.0

Learning Outcomes

- Understand the environmental and societal benefits of green infrastructure and urban forestry
- Study the main technical challenges encountered in green infrastructure, urban forestry and landscaping industry
- Learn that the most important factor for the survival of newly planted plants is soil moisture, not how much water dumped onto the planting area.
- Learn how to solve the problems with real-life case studies across the United States.

Instructors

Dr. Wei Zhang, Dan Whitehead

Course Codes

Provider

Zynnovation LLC

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