Call 911
Do must do this before calling 911.
What is stay calm and decide to ACT?
If elements are the blocks of landscape design, then the ______ are how you stack them.
What are principles?
Taking both behavior + ___________ = good design.
What are environmental factors?
The two essential elements on any landscape plan that help orient me as someone who wants to interpret the map.
What are scale and a compass?
Two things a feral cat in a trashed backyard might tell us about a client's landscape.
What are:
- She needs plants that aren't toxic to cats (unless she really doesn't like cats)
- Preferably no sand or other open soft area that could turn into a litterbox
- We may need a storage option for the various items.
- (hopefully) no kids.
- etc.
Good Samaritan laws protect me from this.
What is provide legal immunity to bystanders who offer reasonable, uncompensated assistance during emergencies, aiming to encourage help without fear of lawsuits?
The client has a (ugly af) statue they made out of backyard junk. It is multicolored and 6ft tall. These are a few ways you could highlight the statue without it looking crazy.
What is:
- plant flowers of an analogous scheme around it
- install 2-3 levels of plants around the statue to transition the eyes to adjust to the height
- orient other elements in the design to "point" towards design"?
Name three observations you could make about a site with regard to how to interacts with human activity?
What are:
The amount of turfgrass I need for a circular area with a radius of 7 ft. I need 5 lbs per 1000 sq ft.
What is 0.77 lbs?
This is why I can't take all my measurements from Google Maps.
What is:
- maps are not always updated
- elements can be hidden by buildings or vegetation
- different versions of maps are not always the same?
Alexa was weeding the landscape beds and touched a three-leaved vining plant. The next day, she had a rash and some blisters on her hands. This is what happened.
What is Alexa had an allergic reaction?
An industry client wants a very "formal" design to reflect the old architecture of the museum. These are some principles to keep in mind when designing.
Name four observations you could make about a site with regard to how to interacts with the environment?
What are:
The slope ratio AND slope percentage of a gradient that rises 8 feet every 1 foot of horizontal distance.
What is 1:8 and 800%?
The four elements of design (the blocks).
What are color, line, form and texture?
Xian was injured while operating the mini skid steer loader and is still conscious. You offer to help but he refuses. This is what you should do.
What is do not assist Xian and call 9-1-1?
A client wants 30 different species of plants in her backyard design. You try to explain that too many textures can look overwhelming, but she is insistent. This is something you could do to alleviate the chaos while keeping all 30 species.
What is incorporate multiples of everything and group them into recognizable patterns across the design?
In addition to people watching and observing how a landscape supports ecological processes, what else falls into the equation of good design?
What is BxE, or how they interact to provide feedback over time?
The area of the follow irregularly shaped bed:
AB: 70 ft
C: 40 ft
D: 34 ft
E: 29 ft
F: 38 ft
G: 45 ft
What is 2,604 square feet?
When other elements are too similar in a design (i.e. texture), this element can be manipulated to create more visual interest.
What is form?
Weeping clear fluid and burns to several layers of skin that can heal in 3 to 4 weeks is this type of burn.
What is a 2nd degree burn?
This is how you would suggest balancing a large residence that has a massive tree on one side. Assume the house is uniform in height.
What is plant enough trees and shrubs on the opposite side that balance out the mass of the tree?
Name four ways a landscape could fail over time if the mechanics of good design and proper analyses of the site was not taken beforehand?
What are:
- plant survival
- heavy maintenance costs
- structural failure
- access
- utility for human use
etc.?
You measure that a rectangular concrete slab is 7 inches by 2.5 in on a plan that is 1" = 10 '. What is the real area of the slab?
What is 1,750 square feet?
When finding the area of a bed on a scaled plan, what do you need to do FIRST after measuring in inches???
What is convert immediately from inches to feet BEFORE finding areas?