Terminology and Careers
An industry that focuses on the beautification of outdoor terrain with some interior settings.
landscaping
What do we call the zones that determine temperature ranges that certain plants can be grown in?
Hardiness Zones
This element of landscape design is what guides your eye through a landscape.
Line
This is used in plant beds to prevent moisture loss and control weeds.
Mulch
What do we call the small plants that we received from the grower and had to transplant.
Plugs
These are the non-plant, physical features found in a landscape. Includes – fences, terraces, retaining walls, patios, walks, drives, lighting, irrigation, & water features
Hardscapes
What are the four categories of landscape plants?
Trees, Shrubs, Groundcovers, Flowers
50 points each
This element of landscape design is essentially shape.
Form
If a landscape scale is 1:5, and a tree is 10 feet in diameter in real life, how big should it be on paper?
2 inches
What event did we plant 27 large planters for?
Graduation
A person who plans and designs outdoor environments, often trained in engineering and graphic arts.
landscape architect
Besides Hardiness Zones and pH what is another factor that impacts what plants you might choose for your landscape?
Mature Size, Soil Type, Soil Moisture, Plant characteristics
This element of landscape design gives the sense that a design is three-dimensional and has depth.
Space
When talking to a client about their landscape, what information should you gather?
Answers Vary, Their interests, allergies, goals/wants for the landscape,
What is the rhyme (three words) used to remember what three types of plants got planted into the large planters in the greenhouse?
Thrillers, Spillers and Fillers
The career that involves installing materials identified in the landscape design.
Landscape construction
What is the ideal pH level that most plants like to grow at?
5.6-8.0
+50 points if you can tell me what happens if the pH is too high or too low.
This element of landscape design is the most prominent and noticeable.
Color
How many plants were you required to include in your final landscape drawing?
10
Name one type of irrigation system that we have in the greenhouse?
+40 points for each additional listed
Sprinklers, drip lines, flood tables, hose
Taking the care of landscape materials after installation Mowing grass, fertilizing land & plants, applying pesticides, planting and weeding flower beds, removing leaves, applying mulch.
Landscape maintenance
What do we call a group of plants within a species with a very distinguishing characteristic and the only way to keep this characteristic within a plant is to asexually propagate the plant from cuttings or grafting.
Cultivar
This element of landscape design is how the appearance of an object ‘feels’ to the viewer.
Texture
What is the difference between an evergreen or deciduous tree?
Deciduous trees and shrubs loose their leaves in the fall, Evergreens keep them all year round
There is a large stainless steel machine on the floor in the back right corner of the greenhouse, what is it?
Soil Sterilizer