Some Learning Outcomes

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H&CS 210 Introduction to Landscape Horticulture


A student who has worked hard at H&CS 210 should, for example:

... Be able to define landscape horticulture and provide examples of its many dimensions in terms of


... Know the basic outline of horticultural history, from antiquity to the present

... Identify the contributions of the following individuals to Landscape Horticulture and the general issue they represent:
Theophrastus, John Gerard, Carolus Linnaeus, Andre Le Notre, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, William & John Bartram
Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson Downing, Frederick Law Olmsted, Gregor Mendel, Luther Burbank, Gertrude Jekyll, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Rachel Carson

... Understand the pivotal role of business (especially management) in landscape horticulture

... Become aware of the role of art and design in Landscape Horticulture

... Understand the 'ecological paradigm' for landscape horticulture


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