Fall 2016 Course Syllabi

Course Requirements:

Herbaceous Landscape Plants will include, lecture and discussion, slides and videos, field trips, weekly

labs, a mid-term and a final lab project.

Final Lab Project

Each student will be required to photograph 100 herbaceous plant specimens, identify, and compile

cultural information of each plant and put it into a power point presentation. This will develop a

valuable resource for you to expand on later as you become more familiar with the vast array of

plants available to the landscaper today. (500 points) BRING YOUR CAMERAS TO CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!

Testing

There will be seven one hour lecture exams covering plant identification and cultural information

pertaining to growing bedding plants. (100 points each)

Lab Test

At the end of week four there will be a comprehensive lab test covering all the plants on campus. You

will be required to know the common name of all the plants

(This is between 150 and 175 plants)

Flowerbed Design

Week 13 – 16

Students will study flowerbed design. Students will be required to develop two flowerbeds (one home

bed -50 points and one formal design that could be used in a public gardens -100 points)

Grading formula

90%-100% = A, 80%-90% =B, 70%-80%=C, 60%-70%=D, Below 60% F

Incompletes will be given only with prior approval

Tentative Course Outline: (This may vary somewhat depending on the weather)

Week one

Introduction to plant identification

Pre-test on plant identification

Week two

Plant identification of Campus plants (Be prepared to be outside! We will be out identifying plants by

site, touch and smell for the next few weeks. Dress for the weather).

Week Three

Plant Identification (Wednesday September 10

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there will be a field trip to the International Peace

Garden. Required attendance by all students. Identification required for entrance to the Peace

Gardens is preferably a passport or passport card, if you don’t have one of these, you will need photo

ID and an official birth certificate)

Week Four

Plant Identification and Lab test (Common Names of all campus plants)

Week Five

Cultural information of plants from list #1

Week Six