Natural Landscape Design: Session 3

Start Date

05/15/2021

End Date

05/15/2021

Description

This in-person, on-site session will begin with an interactive review of selected student management plans. Instructors will then lead a tour of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and its managed natural areas to discuss the real-world applicability of the techniques described in Sessions 1 & 2. The course will close with an interactive discussion about how Sessions 1-3 can be applied to landscape practice in the real world.

Location

Boothbay, ME

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Horticulture / Plants

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

3.0

Learning Outcomes

Learn to analyze the vegetative trajectory of planted and spontaneous plant compositions through field observation and discussion of various landscapes on the Coastal Maine Botanic Garden property.
Gain familiarity with an ‘ecological process’ based approach to landscape management that reduces the inputs required to achieve and preserve the designers’ intent.
Learn to interweave the artistic aspects of garden design with the science-based techniques of ecological restoration.

Instructors

Larry Weaner and Andy Brand

Course Codes

Provider

New Directions in the American Landscape

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