Horticulture 54-Business Aspects of Horticulture
Horticulture 175-Sustainable Landscaping
Horticulture 62 Fall Plant Materials & Design
Horticulture 63 Spring Plant Materials & Design
Horticulture 160B-Edible Landscaping
Horticulture 63 Spring Plant Materials & Design
Spring semester each year
Course Information
Tuesdays:11:10-1:15 Lecture
Tuesdays 2:30-5:35 ( 2:00-5:00)Lab
Attendance Policy: Attend 13 of 16 class meetings
Class Objectives
1. Study plants suitable for Central California and
include recent introductions into the nursery trade.
2. To encourage students to learn about plants outside the 100 we focus
on and ask questions about any plant they encounter in the landscape in
order to expand their knowledge.
3. To learn to combine plants that create attractive, environmentally
sound and maintainable landscapes through doing a design project.
Texts:
PLANTS & LANDSCAPES FOR SUMMER-DRY
CLIMATES. 2004
East Bay Municipal Utility District.
SUNSET WESTERN GARDEN BOOK, 2011 edition
Class Assignments
Take Home Midterm consisting of short answer questions & plant identification flash cards.
Design Project: A planting design project chosen from 2 sites visited in class, with a base plan provided.
Final Exam: Field identification of 30 plants studied. Takes place on campus.
Letter Grade:
Attendance & Participation 15%
Midterm 35%
Design Project or Research Project 35%
Final 15%
TOTAL 100%
Credit/No Credit:
Attendance at 13 of 16 class meetings and completion of one major component - the midterm or the design project.
Class Topics
Hort 63:
Screens, Hedges & Espaliers;Vines, Groundcovers, Designing with Plants, Tools & Graphics for Planting Plans, Renovating Existing Landscapes, Designing with Annuals & Perennials
Midterm
Flash cards for plants studied
Design Project or Research Project
Final
Lab # 1 - Introduction to Course
Lab # 2
Lab # 3
Westringia fruticosa Wynyabbie Gem
Lab # 4
Pandorea pandorana Golden Showers
Lab # 5
Lab 05 Plant List ( Sesnon House)
Lab # 6
Lab # 7
Helichrysum petiolare Limelight
Miscanthus sinensis gracillimus
Overhead view of DeGrazia residence
Lab # 8
Cercis canadensis Forest Pansy
Lab # 9 -Naman Garden
Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple
Lab # 10 - Filoli don't forget our pot luck lunch at Pulgas Water Temple, just 1 mile past Filoli entrance. Bring food to share, a plate and silverware + cup
Lab # 11 - UCSC Arboretum
Plant List for the UCSC Arboretum
Lab # 12 - Campus
Lab # 13A - Campus
Lab 13B - Aegis/Heather Terrace
Lab # 14
Lectures
Lecture #1 Introduction to the Course 2012
Lecture #2 Screens, Hedges & Espaliers 2012
Lecture #3 Selecting Flowering Trees
Lecture #4 Using Vines in the Landscape
Lecture # 5 Designing with Plants
Lecture #6 - Video called Sketches of Frank Gehry - look him up!
Lecture # 7 Planting Design Theory
Lecture # 9 Tools & Graphics for Planting Plans
no Lecture # 10 - field Trip to Filoli
Lecture # 11 - Renovating Existing Landscapes and
11B Groundcovers in the Landscape
Lecture # 12 - Combining Colors in the Landscape
Lecture 12B - Annuals & Perennials
No Lecture # 13
Lecture # 14