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"There is more pleasure in making a garden than in contemplating a paradise."
--Anne Scott-James

 

Landscape design
The first semester is intended to familiarize students with the design process and to spark their creativity. Small Scale and Residential Landscape Design II is oriented toward some of the more practical aspects of landscape design.

Landscape Construction
Landscape development combines plant and structural changes to a site for aesthetic and functional improvement. Designers and installers need a working knowledge in both of these components. This course is designed to provide basic information on construction materials, procedures in land form modification, installation and construction of paving, walls, and various landscape structures, as well as the costs associated with such construction.

Computer aided landscape design
Computer aided landscape design (CAD) programs are begin utilized more and more by landscape design and management professionals. This course is designed to give students a basic knowledge of two computer aided design programs, namely, AutoCAD and LANDCADD. AutoCAD is the design industry standard, used by architects, interior designers, and engineers across the world. LANDCADD was developed to "piggy back" onto AutoCAD in order to create a program more useful for landscape architects and landscape designers.

See Dr. McDuffie's site for more information!