Online Class: Landscaping 101

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15

Lessons
23

Exams &
Assignments
484

Students
have taken this course
9

Hours
average time
0.9

CEUs

Course Description

Landscaping is a multibillion dollar industry for both sales and service and for good reason. The popularity is driven by the enjoyment people get from designing and implementing landscaping that is visually appealing by using both natural plants and synthetic materials.

This course will provide you with a number of tips and techniques to develop your ideal landscape. This course will help you identify and assess your landscaping needs, understand design principles, and implement your creative idea in your own unique setting. This course will teach you design principles, material application, cost estimation, visual analysis, planting design, hardscape applications, irrigation, water features, design for outdoor living, and business concepts for landscaping professionals. Whether you are working at your own home or a commercial location, this course will show you all the steps to develop a great landscape project--from cost estimating to the final installation and along the way we will show you a number of environmentally sound practices.

The enjoyment of a beautiful landscape is one of the great pleasures of home ownership. However, actually realizing your landscaping visions can be stressful. You may have just bare dirt or a poor grass yard and like so many other people, you just don't know where to start. This online course can help. Landscaping 101 will not only teach you the basics of the science of landscaping, it will show you how to apply your own creativity to transform your yard into a work of art.

In this course you will:

Learn the basics of landscaping including harmony, balance, color, natural transitions, proportion and line.
Learn how to assess your present landscape needs.
Learn how to assess the purpose of your landscape.
Learn how to gather ideas and whether to use professional help or not.
Learn how to plan your landscape, and schedule the work.
Learn how to avoid common landscaping mistakes.
Learn how to make the most of what you have.

This starter course is ideal for anyone. Whether you just want to improve one corner of the yard, or you want to add some flowerbeds, a tree, or shrub here and there -- or you're starting from scratch with a bare lot and need to learn how to start, plan, and finish an entire landscape, this course will help you achieve your landscaping goals.

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Printable Lessons
Full HD Video
6 Months to Complete
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Accredited CEUs

Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: Assessing Your Landscaping Needs and Design Principles

When you think about it, landscaping can be quite complex depending on your desires to build the “wow” factor or very simple depending on your personality style. Additional lesson topics: Step-by-Step Landscaping 2nd Edition Better Homes and Gardens Gardening ; Landscaping Ideas that Work Taunton's Ideas That Work 14 Total Points

Lesson 1 Video
Lesson discussions: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete: Lesson 1 Assignment
Complete: Introduction Assignment
Assessment: Exam 1

Lesson 2: Landscape Design and Implementation

In this lesson, we discuss landscaping design and transform your design into the actual implementation. Additional lesson topics: More Landscape Design Ideas; Landscaping Design; Design, Construction, and Planting 13 Total Points

Lesson 2 Video
Complete: Lesson 2 Assignment
Assessment: Exam 2

Lesson 3: Material and Enclosure Selection, Application, and Configuration

Material and enclosure selection is an area where you can really allow your own personal style and personality to show through your landscape design. 10 Total Points

Lesson 3 Video
Assessment: Exam 3

Lesson 4: Cost Estimating and Budgeting

Take a look at some of the common costs for your local area and determine what your time frame is to accomplish is your goal. Additional lesson topics: Landscaping Cost; Safety Checklists for New Landscape Employees; Landscape Design, Cost Estimate, and Management Plan; How Much Does Landscaping Cost?; Budgeting for a Landscaping Project; Landscape Maintenance Checklist 10 Total Points

Lesson 4 Video
Assessment: Exam 4

Lesson 5: Visual Analysis and Curb Appeal

The visual analysis can be performed at any time to determine needs and develop a checklist of things to improve on. Curb appeal takes more time and is the collective result of your continual refinement. Additional lesson topics: 17 Easy Curb Appeal Ideas Anyone Can Do; Outdoor ideas; Lush Landscaping Creates Major Curb Appeal; Several Before-and-After Curb Appeal Makeovers 12 Total Points

Lesson 5 Video
Complete: Lesson 5 Assignment
Assessment: Exam 5

Lesson 6: Landscaping Tools, Materials, and Equipment Use and Application

The great thing about landscaping is that the cost is scalable. You can begin with few tools and little money for the budget or can purchase all of the tools you need and use a large budget. Additional lesson topics: Safety Equipment for Landscapers; How; Protect your Business: Developing a Landscaping/Lawn Maintenance Safety Program 10 Total Points

Lesson 6 Video
Assessment: Exam 6

Lesson 7: Outdoor Rooms, Porches, and Hideaways

In the current marketplace, landscapers and consumers have the best opportunity they have ever had to build stellar outdoor rooms, entertainment areas, and hideaways. Additional lesson topics: 9 Garden Dens for the Perfect Outdoor Hideaway; Patio Enclosures Ideas; Several Charming Porches of Landscaping Ideas 12 Total Points

Lesson 7 Video
Complete: Lesson 7 Assignment
Assessment: Exam 7

Lesson 8: Planting Design, plus Seasonal and Climate Application (Softscapes)

The live plantings you choose will provide you with the greatest opportunity to infuse color and the soft feel of flowers, bushes, and other vegetation to your landscaping. Additional lesson topics: Softscape Ideas 10 Total Points

Lesson 8 Video
Assessment: Exam 8

Lesson 9: Patios, Decking, Fencing, Block, and Walls (Hardscapes)

In this lesson, we will discuss patios, decking, fencing, and different types of block and retention walls. With today’s design techniques you can easily build patios, decking, or walls in a wide array of straight and also curved applications. Additional lesson topics: 20 Wow-Worthy Hardscaping Ideas; How to Create a Successful Hardscape 10 Total Points

Lesson 9 Video
Assessment: Exam 9

Lesson 10: Irrigation (System, Components, and Design Process)

As a landscaper and home or business owner there are a number of maintenance factors that you will want to automate, such as watering. Additional lesson topics: Irrigation Design – Landscape Sprinkler System Design Tutorial; How to design a lawn sprinkler system 10 Total Points

Lesson 10 Video
Assessment: Exam 10

Lesson 11: Design for Outdoor Living and Exterior Lighting

In this lesson, we discuss more about designing your exterior to make outdoor living easier from an electrical, technology, and exterior lighting perspective, as well as some of the creature comfort aspects to modernize your landscape masterpiece. Additional lesson topics: Outdoor Lighting Tips; Types of Garden Designs; Landscape Lighting Design Tips; Several Landscape Lighting Ideas 10 Total Points

Lesson 11 Video
Assessment: Exam 11

Lesson 12: Streetscape and Walkway Planning Process

How your landscaping looks from the street 100% controls your curb appeal and how you structure your walkways impacts how you use your land and areas. Additional lesson topics: Tips for Creating an Inviting Walkway; Adopt Accessible and Attractive Streetscape Design Guidelines; Several Design Ideas for Beautiful Garden Paths; Several Ideas for Creating the Perfect Path 12 Total Points

Lesson 12 Video
Complete: Lesson 12 Assignment
Assessment: Exam 12

Lesson 13: Water Features, Fountains, Ponds, Statues, and Container Gardens

This lesson covers water features, fountains, garden ponds, and other interesting concepts that provide the tranquility and relaxation of water within your landscape. Additional lesson topics: Outdoor Fountain Ideas; Grand Pond Design; Container Pots and Planters 10 Total Points

Lesson 13 Video
Assessment: Exam 13

Lesson 14: Landscape Maintenance

Landscape maintenance allows you to keep your landscaping project looking as great as it did from the initial date of completion until the day you decide to make modifications. Additional lesson topics: How to Maintain Landscape Beds; How to Maintain Your Home's Landscape; How to maintain your landscape 12 Total Points

Lesson 14 Video
Complete: Lesson 14 Assignment
Assessment: Exam 14

Lesson 15: Essential Business Concepts for Landscaping Professionals: Contracts, Specifications, Customer Service, and Safety and OSHA Compliance

Landscaping customer service involves slightly different needs and areas of attention than typical customer service because a great deal of your work is based on the customer’s visual expectations. 76 Total Points

Lesson 15 Video
Lesson discussions: End of Course Poll; Course Comments; Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Assessment: Exam 15
Assessment: Final Exam

231

Total Course Points

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe the importance of dirt.
Summarize your landscaping needs and design principles.
Assess your landscaping needs.
Summarize material and enclosure selection, application, and configuration.
Define cost estimating and budgeting for your landscaping project.
Create a 3 year plan.
Summarize visual analysis and curb appeal.
Define planning specifics.
Recognize landscaping tools, materials, and equipment use and application.
Define outdoor rooms, porches and hideaways.
Estimate the costs.
Create design styles for outdoor living.
Describe patios, decking, fencing, block and walls (hardscapes).
Describe outdoor rooms.
Summarize irrigation (system and components and design process).
Describe ways to select the right plants, trees, and shrubs.
Determine design for outdoor living and exterior lighting.
Summarize water features, fountains, ponds, statues and container gardens.
Recognize landscape maintenance.
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.

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