LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
True or False: Landscape architects only plant trees.
What is False?
Plants that are native to a place are called...
What are native plants?
This term means a product or action is good for the environment.
What is eco-friendly?
This is what you call the paved paths in a park.
What are walkways or pathways?
This is the creative process of coming up with lots of ideas without worrying if they are perfect.
What is brainstorming?
What a Landscape Architect designs.
What is outdoor spaces like parks, gardens, and schoolyards?
This is what we call the process of designing with rainwater in mind.
What is stormwater management?
This is one way landscape architecture helps fight climate change.
What is planting trees / reducing urban heat / managing water better?
These natural materials are often used in rain gardens and bioswales to help with drainage.
What are rocks and gravel?
Designers create these to test their ideas before building the final product.
What are prototypes?
Name one thing landscape architects have to think about besides plants.
What is drainage / people’s needs / walkways / sunlight / wildlife?
Explain what "bioddiversity" means.
What is having many different kinds of plants and animals in one place?
This process helps return nutrients to the soil by breaking down organic waste like food scraps and leaves.
What is composting?
This term refers to using recycled materials, conserving resources, and designing with long-term environmental health in mind.
What is sustainable design?
The reason why it is important to think about how people move through a space.
What is to make it safe and easy to use?
This profession combines art, science, and the environment to design outdoor areas.
What is landscape architecture?
Explain what a "Green Roof" is.
What is a rooftop covered in soil and plants to reduce heat and rain runoff?
This is how planting more trees can help improve city environments.
What is providing cleaner air, more shade, lower temperatures, and better water absorption?
This term refers to the shape and features of the land, like hills, slopes, and flat areas.
What is topography?
Why do landscape architects sometimes visit the site before designing?
What is to understand the land, light, and surroundings?
The main goal of landscape architecture.
What is to create functional, beautiful, and sustainable outdoor spaces?
Name a way plants help improve cities.
What is reducing air pollution / providing shade / preventing floods?
This landscape feature is designed to collect and clean stormwater runoff.
What is a bioswale?
This safety design element helps blind or visually impaired people navigate spaces.
What is tactile paving or detectable warning surfaces?
How does feedback help improve a design?
What is it helps the designer fix problems and make better choices?