HRT-202 Landscape Construction and Maintenance
This course is open to all interested individuals and emphasizes various hands-on skills of horticulture including soil preparing, planting, pruning, weeding, edging, and mulching. Tours of various horticulture sites will familiarize students on the materials and methods for construction of walls, walks and patios. Achieving a basic understanding of the region’s horticultural history through field trips and hands-on learning at various non-profit institutions is included. Native plant and wholesale plant nursery visits will familiarize students to plant availability. An introduction to business operation is included.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe appropriate plant material selection, installation and maintenance as related to corresponding appropriate sites in the landscape.
- Articulate the differences between a historic horticulture site and a contemporary site.
- Apply basic concepts of irrigation systems to landscapes.