Plants & Planting Design

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Trees, shrubs, climbers and ground cover plants, and factors influencing their growth and use. Ecological and botanical considerations in landscape design. The botanical and ecological context of indigenous and exotic plants commonly used in landscape design in Melbourne; cultural and aesthetic issues pertaining to the use of plants in landscape design; the tree and plant growing industry in Melbourne. Students will prepare a small number of landscape designs to acquire experience in synthesising ecological, botanical, cultural and aesthetic factors in designing with nature.

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• Identify over 200 plants commonly seen and used in Melbourne.

• Undertake and document a planting design.

• Demonstrate basic horticultural knowledge and skills in the selection, use and maintenance of plants.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:

• Constructed drawing skills.