Planting Design
X401 (3 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Plants are an important expressive design medium. After an overview of the history of planting in environmental design, this studio course focuses on the design process: site analysis, client/user analysis, and schematic design. It presents the concepts of plant massing, scale, space, proportion, color, texture, light, scent, illusion, and seasonal changes. Participants prepare planting plans based on these concepts. Several field trips to both residential and commercial gardens are scheduled.
Prerequisites: Principles and Elements of Design X412.1; Landscape Graphics I X15; Landscape Graphics II X17; Spring X444 or Summer X445 Plants and Applications; Autumn Plants and Applications X446; Gardens, Parks, and Urban Open Spaces I X416 and II X418; and Studio L1: Environmental Design X116.
There are currently no sections open for enrollment.
Sections closed for enrollment
Mon. Feb. 25, Berkeley
SUZANNE ARCA, B.A., is a certified horticulturist, landscape designer, and contractor with 27 years of experience in the field. She is owner of Suzanne Arca Design, a Bay Area design/build company. She also teaches for the horticulture department at Merritt College.
- 15 meetings
- Feb. 25 to May 19: Mon., 6:30-9:30 pm; also
March 29 and April 26: Sat., 9 am-5 pm
- Berkeley: Room 210, UC Berkeley Extension, 1995 University Ave.
- $770 (EDP 023283)
Courses begin every month. A new edition of our catalog is published
three times a year in early April, July and December.