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Landscape, Design, Installation, and Management, 2nd Edition

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  • An up-to-date reflection of today's landscape industry that prepares students for the workforce
  • 1,000+ images and illustrated glossaries of tools, plants, and plant pests and diseases
  • Over 60 labs and activities in the text and workbook that incorporate hands-on projects
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Title Overview

Title Overview

Landscape Design, Installation, and Management provides an exciting, full-color, and highly illustrated learning resource with over 1,000 images, including illustrated glossaries of tools, equipment, ornamental landscape plants, and plant pests and diseases. This program engages students with practical information on the principles and elements of design, pricing landscape projects and earning a profit, and workplace skills. The text methodically develops an understanding of Green Industry practices, safety, design principles, design processes, producing and selecting plants, the business side of landscaping, and landscape installation and maintenance.


  • The text provides an up-to-date, true reflection of today's landscape industry to prepare students to enter the workforce. New Career Connection interviews with industry professionals provide real-world scenarios and motivate students to pursue careers in the industry.
  • Over 60 labs and activities in the text and lab workbook incorporate hands-on projects for the classroom.
  • The content covers standards from various states and professional organizations to prepare students for local and national competitions.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. The Landscaping Industry

2. Workplace Skills

3. Occupational Safety

4. Tools and Equipment

5. Site Evaluation and Plant Selection

6. Principles and Elements of Design

7. The Outdoor Room Concept

8. Plant Production

9. Plant Taxonomy and Physiology

10. Ornamental Plants in the Landscape

11. Turfgrass Selection

12. Turfgrass Installation and Management

13. Landscape Lighting and Water Features

14. Irrigation Design, Installation, and Maintenance

15. Hardscapes

16. Creating the Design

17. Starting a Business

18. Pricing Landscape Projects

19. Client Relationships

20. Landscape Installation

21. Landscape Management

22. Pest Management

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Front Matter

Standards and Correlations

Standards and Correlations

AFNR Standards

Plant Systems Career Pathway

California

CTE Model Curriculum: Ornamental Horticulture Pathway and Career Ready Practice

Florida

Department of Education Curriculum: Landscape & Turf Management Program

NOCTI Correlations

Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Horticulture - Landscaping

Texas

Landscape Design and Management

About the Author

About the Author

Christopher D. Hart teaches agriculture classes for Chatham County Schools in Bear Creek, North Carolina. Mr. Hart earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Agricultural Education degrees from North Carolina State University. He and his students are responsible for maintaining the school's arboretum and conservatory as well as producing plants in the school greenhouses. In addition to advising the Chatham Central FFA Chapter, Mr. Hart has coached top-placing nursery landscape and floriculture teams in National FFA Career Development Events. He is the author of the Lab Workbook that accompaniesHorticulture Today(G-W). Mr. Hart is also a Certified Plant Professional and a Certified Pesticide Applicator.

R. Lee Ivy

is the Director of the Agricultural Institute and Assistant Director of Academic Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University and has been a post-secondary educator since 2001. Childhood experiences with peaches, vegetables, cattle, and ornamental plants sparked his interest and subsequent love of agriculture. His interest in a career in education grew from his respect of teachers who inspired effort, allowed for challenges, and encouraged high personal achievement.


Mr. Ivy taught in the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University in areas of fruit and vegetable production, ornamental and turf weed and disease management, landscape maintenance, landscape construction courses, introductory horticulture, and home horticulture via distance education. He served as co-advisor for the Horticulture Competition Team and co-hosted the National Collegiate Landscape Competition. Prior to his experience at NC State, he taught at Sandhills Community College.

He holds degrees in horticulture from the University of Tennessee and NC State University, is a licensed landscape contractor, a member of the International Plant Propagators Society--Southern Region, a certified pesticide applicator, a certified plant professional, and a member of the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education focused on the implications of online and face-to-face education delivery methods.

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