Landscape Plant Selection, Soil Preparation & Planting Series
Learn how to select and install plants from a pro with the help of this program. Landscape Plant Selection, Soil Preparation & Planting shows you what’s involved with picking the right plants for your location and climate, integrating your choices into a design plan, then successfully installing plants in your garden.
This three lesson program introduces you to:
• The landscape design process
• Basic plant selection criteria
• Plant color concepts
• Common design mistakes
• How to develop a planting design
• Different categories of plants
• Soil preparation concepts
• How to install plants in your garden
This program was created not only for students and employees, but also for gardening enthusiasts who want to learn more about residential landscaping. Widely used in the classroom to illustrate landscaping and horticulture concepts, it is divided into concise, easy-to-understand segments and was reviewed by a panel of teachers for accuracy.
Your host, Don Marquardt, ASLA, has taught Landscape Architecture Professional Certificate Courses at UCLA Extension for twenty-seven years. A licensed landscape architect with experience in both public and private residential landscape projects, Don recently retired as Parks Superintendent for Culver City, California. A printed glossary of landscaping terms is included. Other programs in the Professional Landscaping Video Series cover landscape design, lawn installation, perennial gardening, and plant propagation techniques.
Winner of these awards: Aegis Award, Telly Award, Communicator Award of Distinction.
"…an outstanding, no-nonsense introduction to planning and planting the home landscape… Highly recommended." Library Journal
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