Landscape school training courses in Charlotte, NC (public, in-house or online)

Before you design the home landscape of your dreams or renovate the one you have, ask yourself a few questions: Do you want low-maintenance? Privacy? Play areas? Learn what questions to ask as you discover the process of landscape design. This course will give you all the tools and confidence you need to plan your own home landscape, whether it’s a new landscape or reclaiming one that no longer suits you. Site analysis, basic design principles, drawing and layout, suggested plants and more ...

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Before you design the home landscape of your dreams or renovate the one you have, ask yourself a few questions: Do you want low-maintenance, privacy, play areas? Learn what questions to ask as you discover the process of landscape design. This course will give you all the tools and confidence you need to plan your own home landscape, whether it’s a new landscape or reclaiming one that no longer suits you. Site analysis, basic design principles, drawing and layout, suggested plants and more ...

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This certificate is designed to prepare individuals for horticultural careers in the specialized area of landscape design. Course work includes plant materials, design, graphics, and landscape computer applications.

Landscape Design school covers the following:
Lettering and Drawing Tools
Graphic Techniques
Site Analysis and the Design Process
The Outdoor Room
Plant Selection and Flowers
Hardscapes
Using Computers and Pricing a Design
Landscape Calculations
Installing Plants and Grass
Landscape Irrigation

The Landscape Design Courses are comprised of 18 comprehensive lessons. They are easy to follow, yet challenging and stimulating at the same time. Each lesson in the Landscape Design Classes begins with a subject matter preview and objectives, an introductory note from your instructor and a vocabulary builder of new words and terms.

Next comes the reading assignment. Practice exercises help you check and review what you’ve learned. At the end of the lesson is an open-book exam, which...

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