two (2) credits

meetings: 7-9pm, Hills 234, classes Sep 10, Oct 8, Nov 5, Dec 10, are used to answer questions, provide advice on designs, and present plans; rest of course is on your own and on-line, with details to be provided at first class meeting Tues. Sept. 10, 7pm, Hills 234.

Objectives:

This course combines lecture notes and specific details on about 200 garden plants, with a study of the design elements of herbaceous garden perennials. The 32 lectures are grouped into modules on botany, design, culture, and pests and problems as they relate to flower and foliage garden plants. These include annuals, perennials, and other groups such as aquatic plants, ornamental grasses, roses, even tender tropical "perennials". Quizzes, plant identification quizzes, and seven exercises to help reinforce and provide additional information, are taken on-line (NOT WebCT based). A perennial garden design will be developed by each student, for the location of his/her choice, based on information and plants learned in the lectures and notes. Focus will be on the plant choices and design, not so much the graphics.

Assignments

(3000 maximum for course, grades determined on standard 10 point scale ie 90-100=A, 80-89=B, etc.)

1)Lecture Notes: 2000 points
All quizzes and exercises and graded portions of the online course must be completed by Friday Dec. 13.

These will be studied, with quizzes taken online as mentioned above. Grading points will be outlined online on the course site. For a sample of the online course, visit: http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/hgpo/hgpo.htm

The secure course homepage, accessed with passwords, is: http://pss.uvm.edu/hgpo/index.html

2)Garden Plan: 1000 points
Plan will be due Tues. Dec. 10.  If unable to make the presentation, other arrangements must be made with the intructor in order to not lose points.

Details and grading are provided at: http://pss.uvm.edu/pss123/perplan.html