Landscape Design 2

MATC Fall 2021

Learn to draw landscape graphics and understand what makes them readable. Review and practice design processes, including planting design and its basic elements. Practice planting design developed first in a class client contact project.

Survey of Woody Ornamental Plants

MATC Fall 2021

Plant classification and the techniques of plant identification are explained. The student utilizes these techniques in identifying commonly used deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs.

Survey of Herbaceous Plants

MATC Spring 2021

Commonly used herbaceous annuals, perennials and bulb plants are studied with an emphasis on identifying flower and foliage characteristics and their uses in the landscape.

Survey of Horticulture

UW-Madison Fall 2006

Scientific basis for horticultural practices; scope of the field of horticulture; introduction to propagation, culture, management, improvement, storage, and marketing of flowers, fruits, ornamentals and vegetables.

Horticultural Soils

MATC Fall 2021

This course explores the properties of soils and applies them to horticultural uses as a growing medium and as an engineering base for landscaping.

Landscape Equipment

MATC Fall 2021

This course covers maintenance, adjustment, and productive use of specialized rolling stock and tools used in landscaping. Students practice safe operation of an array of landscape equipment.

Ornamental Plant Health Care

MATC Spring 2021

The identification of and control of insects and diseases, with a focus on plant health care and maintenance, are emphasized in this course. An integrated pest management approach in diagnosing pest problems and the control of pests using biological, cultural, physical and chemical applications will be included. Calibrations, laws, regulations, safety and ecological impact are also covered. Training and testing for the Wisconsin State Certified Pesticide Applicator Exam, Category 3.0, Landscape, Turf and Interiorscape, is part of this course.

Tropical Horticulture

UW-Madison Spring 2011

This international field study met during the winter intercession in a tropical country in Central America. Reflect on the role of plants in our daily lives and the effects that our daily choices have on the environment, human health, conflicts, poverty, and development. Provides an opportunity to develop a holistic appreciation of horticulture by highlighting the interactions between plants and society. Discuss some of the social, scientific and environmental challenges that conventional, sustainable and organic horticulture practices face in the production, marketing, and use of tropical crops. The field study will provide an opportunity to contextualize what was learned during "Tropical Horticultural Systems". Visit diverse agricultural systems, such as small farms, large-scale operations, market growers, and industrial export businesses. In addition, we visited agronomic centers, botanical gardens, herbaria, germplasm banks, and nature preserves.

Landscape Construction

MATC Fall 2021

This course provides an overview of the installation of hardscape features of the landscape. Included are basic construction techniques for retaining walls, outdoor steps, paving (patios, walks, and drives), decks and fences. Limitations in executing hardscape designs are discussed.

Landscape Design 1

MATC Summer 2021

This course provides the student with the initial experience needed to understand the fundamental processes used in creation of a landscape design. This includes contracting with a client, assessing fundamental client needs, site measurement, client analysis, environmental analysis, functional analysis, the use of geometric form and planting design principles.

Horticulture Communications & Marketing

MATC Spring 2021

The course discusses communication and marketing skills, techniques, and strategies as they apply to the horticulture profession. Students learn and practice interpersonal skills as they relate to customers, co-workers, employees, and employers.

CAD Landscape Design 1

MATC Fall 2021

This course provides the horticulture student with the skills and knowledge to draw landscape plans with a computer aided design (LandCAD) program. The Concepts of the program will be discussed and an understanding of the basic commands of AutoCAD and the site planning module of landCAD will be covered.

Landscape Business Practices

MATC Spring 2021

This Course outlines the processes involved in running a business that are unique to Landscaping. This includes finding property, boundaries and determining restrictions on what can be done to land. Landscaping contracts and the process of expediting work on land are included. The landscape business is approached from the stand point of Financial Management, Human Resource Management and Project Management.

Plants, Parasites and People

UW-Madison Spring 2007

The course will explore the interaction between society and plant-associated microbes. Topics include: the Irish potato famine, pesticides in current agriculture, role of economics and consumer preference in crop disease management and the release of genetically engineered organisms.