The Artistic Overlay: Making "Wild" Legible

Start Date

03/29/2024

End Date

06/29/2024

Description

Ecological design need not be a bitter aesthetic pill that our clients must swallow to do the right thing. The order inherent in our wild native landscapes is widely considered beautiful. By translating that ecology-based order into the aesthetically based language of fine garden design, the results can be much more universally embraced by our clients. In addition, Larry will illustrate how highly gardenesque - and even formal - elements can gracefully interact and intermingle with wilder woodland, shrubland and meadow compositions. This approach can result in landscapes that are both ecologically productive and visually pleasing to clients with a variety of aesthetic preferences.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Sustainable Development & Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

3.0

Learning Outcomes

Examine techniques for translating natural vegetative patterns into legible garden compositions.
Learn to ‘ameliorate wildness’ through the introduction of formal planted and constructed elements into the landscape composition.
Learn to use natural succession as a model for creating landscapes that change compositionally over time, and add a fourth dimension to the user’s experience.

Instructors

Larry Weaner, FAPLD

Course Codes

Provider

New Directions in the American Landscape

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