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010 The Certificate of Accomplishment in Landscape Design IntroductionWhile a landscape architecture and planning professor at Clemson University from 2001-2005, I created a novel landscape design course for distance and continuing education. Structured for residential landscape and garden design solutions, this certificate program is geared for homeowners who wish to fully express the potential of their properties, or for professionals in horticulture, design build who wish to produce the best for their clients. The course was enormously popular, critically acclaimed and produced graduates in several states. The CCALD course lasted from 2001until spring 2008. Today, these valuable power point shows from the musty halls of my teaching website are free for your landscape design edification. They consisted of 4800 images from 48 slide shows with topics of landscape design, planting design, construction and landscape history. Access is yours to the review sets of 2000 slides! My blog, “Birth of a Design Certificate“, describes the process of creating this new material. Please visit http://learn.dargan.com for full sessions of the course.
011 Principles of Landscape Design(6 sessions) The Four Part Master plan, the universal language of the land, is detailed to describe the approach and arrival sequence, hub, perimeter and destinations. Timeless Landscape Design: The Four Part Master Plan, Gibbs Smith 2007 was born from the first 6 sessions of this course!
012 History of Landscape Design(6 sessions) Trace the evolution of landscape design as it evolved from medieval Roman properties, to grand geometric Italian landscapes of power, from Portugal to England and finally to America. The Early English Kitchen Garden, the earliest garden of mankind introduces this fascinating progress over many centuries of mankind’s relationship with treasured cultivated plants.
013 Design Technology(4 sessions) Learn how to draw and design a basic landscape land using plants and structured areas. Included site analysis, basic mapping and survey, conceptual plans and programming.
014 Landscape Plant Materials(6 sessions) Botanical nomenclature, herbaceous, shrubby plant materials and trees, ground covers and grasses. Literally hundreds of my favorite plants suitable for zones 5 to 9.
015 Planting Design(6 sessions) Understanding sustainable landscape techniques including soils, styles of garden design, themes of color, planting details & plant lists, working with a contractor. Included are the axioms of design: art elements & design principles.
016 Construction: The Hardscape(6 sessions) The Hardscape including brick, concrete & stone and their uses for terraces and walkways. Design details, grading and construction techniques.
017 Construction: Built Structures(6 sessions) Structural concerns including built features requiring footings, such as fountains, lighting, irrigation, swimming pools and backdrop destinations. Some videos of before and after productions, too!
018 The Design StudioThink you can’t draw, well, think again! These students followed the instructions and completed the course with flying colors. Master plans and details. The design studio is limited to 12-16 students with two professionals answering questions and helping with things like scape and layout, how to see ideas three-dimensionally and draw them on paper.
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