Course Description
Landscaping is a multibillion dollar industry for both sales and service and for good reason. The popularity is driven by the enjoyment people get from designing and implementing landscaping that is visually appealing by using both natural plants and synthetic materials.
This course will provide you with a number of tips and techniques to develop your ideal landscape. This course will help you identify and assess your landscaping needs, understand design principles, and implement your creative idea in your own unique setting. This course will teach you design principles, material application, cost estimation, visual analysis, planting design, hardscape applications, irrigation, water features, design for outdoor living, and business concepts for landscaping professionals. Whether you are working at your own home or a commercial location, this course will show you all the steps to develop a great landscape project--from cost estimating to the final installation and along the way we will show you a number of environmentally sound practices.
The enjoyment of a beautiful landscape is one of the great pleasures of home ownership. However, actually realizing your landscaping visions can be stressful. You may have just bare dirt or a poor grass yard and like so many other people, you just don't know where to start. This online course can help. Landscaping 101 will not only teach you the basics of the science of landscaping, it will show you how to apply your own creativity to transform your yard into a work of art.
In this course you will:
- Learn the basics of landscaping including harmony, balance, color, natural transitions, proportion and line.
- Learn how to assess your present landscape needs.
- Learn how to assess the purpose of your landscape.
- Learn how to gather ideas and whether to use professional help or not.
- Learn how to plan your landscape, and schedule the work.
- Learn how to avoid common landscaping mistakes.
- Learn how to make the most of what you have.
This starter course is ideal for anyone. Whether you just want to improve one corner of the yard, or you want to add some flowerbeds, a tree, or shrub here and there -- or you're starting from scratch with a bare lot and need to learn how to start, plan, and finish an entire landscape, this course will help you achieve your landscaping goals.
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- Printable Lessons
- Full HD Video
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs
Learning Outcomes
By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the importance of dirt.
- Summarize your landscaping needs and design principles.
- Assess your landscaping needs.
- Summarize material and enclosure selection, application, and configuration.
- Define cost estimating and budgeting for your landscaping project.
- Create a 3 year plan.
- Summarize visual analysis and curb appeal.
- Define planning specifics.
- Recognize landscaping tools, materials, and equipment use and application.
- Define outdoor rooms, porches and hideaways.
- Estimate the costs.
- Create design styles for outdoor living.
- Describe patios, decking, fencing, block and walls (hardscapes).
- Describe outdoor rooms.
- Summarize irrigation (system and components and design process).
- Describe ways to select the right plants, trees, and shrubs.
- Determine design for outdoor living and exterior lighting.
- Summarize water features, fountains, ponds, statues and container gardens.
- Recognize landscape maintenance.
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Assessment Guide
Assessment | Points |
---|---|
Lesson 1 Assignment | 1 points |
Introduction Assignment | 1 points |
Exam 1 | 12 points |
Lesson 2 Assignment | 1 points |
Exam 2 | 12 points |
Exam 3 | 10 points |
Exam 4 | 10 points |
Lesson 5 Assignment | 2 points |
Exam 5 | 10 points |
Exam 6 | 10 points |
Lesson 7 Assignment | 2 points |
Exam 7 | 10 points |
Exam 8 | 10 points |
Exam 9 | 10 points |
Exam 10 | 10 points |
Exam 11 | 10 points |
Lesson 12 Assignment | 2 points |
Exam 12 | 10 points |
Exam 13 | 10 points |
Lesson 14 Assignment | 2 points |
Exam 14 | 10 points |
Exam 15 | 10 points |
Final Exam | 66 points |