Start Date
08/25/2025
End Date
08/25/2025
Description
This six-hour course focuses on practical botany concepts for use in site design, including plant classification, processes, and morphology. The course explores native and invasive plant characteristics, plant-pollinator relationships, and concludes with a case study that focuses on residential and commercial site design, emphasizing diverse revegetation strategies and integrating soil amendments.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
6.0
Learning Outcomes
Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to explain plant processes and describe how plant classification and morphology inform site design decisions.
Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to identify native, non-native, and invasive plants and explain the ecological benefits of selecting and implementing native plants.
Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to discuss plant-pollinator relationships, describe how pollination works, and how pollination is essential to a healthy ecosystem.
Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to analyze residential and commercial site design case studies that focus on seed mix development, diverse revegetation strategies, and integrating soil amendments.
Instructors
Tristram Seidler, Devani Jolman, John Giordanengo
Course Codes
W082525PBOTNY
Provider
HalfMoon Education Inc.