None 0 Maximizing annual color, effective use of perennials and typical diseases, hands-on planting, and design of annual and perennial flower beds will be studied. This is an exploration of floral design. Round, phased, and live arrangements as well as the use of fresh, silk, and dried flowers to create personal designs of professional quality will be taught. This is a further exploration of creative designs in European and Oriental products. As in the beginning class, students will be able to take arrangements home with them.
Topics change depending on the semester it is taught.
8 week course. This course will focus on both residential and commercial landscapes. With an emphasis on learning how to develop their own landscape plan, students will start with a site analysis and finish with a completed design. Also discussed will be plant selection, phase planning and implementation, low maintenance landscaping, and formal design techniques. This course will focus on the summer garden.