Online Class: Landscaping 101

Learn the basics of landscaping including harmony, balance, color, natural transitions, proportion and line.
Self-Paced, Online Class
Barrie Public Library
 
  • 15
    Lessons
  • 17
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 1,644
    Students
    have taken this course
  • 9
    Hours
    average time
  • 0.9
    CEUs
  •  
    Video Audit
    Available
 
 
 

Course Description

Landscaping isn't just a profession-it's a craft, an art, and a passion that has the power to metamorphose plain land into a living masterpiece. The industry's soaring worth underscores its significance in today's world, where aesthetics and nature intertwine seamlessly in urban settings. With an increasing number of homeowners and businesses valuing well-designed outdoor spaces, the demand for skilled landscapers is booming.

Our meticulously curated course will be your compass in navigating the vast ocean of landscaping. Not just limited to theories, it will guide your hand as you apply brushstrokes on the green canvas of nature, painting with vibrant flora, serene water features, and striking hardscapes.

What's Unfurled in this Journey?

  • From Canvas to Masterpiece: Learn to visualize barren plots and aging yards as opportunities waiting for your transformative touch. Equip yourself to reimagine and reinvigorate these spaces into lush, captivating sanctuaries.

  • Laying the Blueprint: Dive deep into design principles. From harmony and color to proportion and lines, decode the secrets of creating balanced, eye-catching layouts.

  • Foundations of Assessment: Every space narrates a story. Learn to listen. Determine the underlying needs, the core purpose of the landscape, and chart out the journey from concept to creation.

  • Strategic Planning: Translate visions into actionable steps. Be it choosing to collaborate with professionals or taking a DIY route, our comprehensive modules encompass it all.

  • Common Pitfalls & Their Evasion: Mistakes can be expensive. Acquaint yourself with common errors in landscaping and arm yourself with strategies to sidestep them, ensuring a smooth-sailing project execution.

  • Maximizing Existing Potential: Not every space needs a complete overhaul. Sometimes, enhancing existing elements can work wonders. Learn the art of optimization and rejuvenation.

This holistic course is your gateway to the world of landscaping, promising not just knowledge but an immersive experience. It doesn't matter if you're revamping a cozy backyard or spearheading a grand commercial landscape transformation; our insights cater to all scales and scopes.

Awaken the landscaper within you. Let's breathe life into spaces, one patch of green at a time. Your journey from a novice to a master landscaper begins here. Join us, and let's paint the world green, beautiful, and sustainable.

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Course Lessons

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  • Lesson 1: Landscaping Essentials: A Blend of Form and Function

    Designing a landscape is akin to painting on a canvas, where the interplay of unity, balance, and focal points converges to create a cohesive masterpiece. Practical considerations such as sustainability, maintenance, and regulatory compliance are essential for bringing your vision to life while ensuring long-term success.

  • Lesson 2: Crafting Green Spaces That Inspire and Harmonize

    Selecting plants and materials with an eye towards sustainability and maintenance ensures a thriving landscape that complements its surroundings. By harmonizing hardscapes with softscapes, landscapes not only enhance beauty but also promote ecological balance.

  • Lesson 3: Transforming Outdoor Spaces: Mastering Material and Enclosure Selection

    By choosing resilient materials and purpose-built enclosures like pergolas and solariums, landscape designs can create inviting, multifunctional spaces that blend architecture with nature. A careful balance between personal style, community needs, and sustainability can transform landscapes into vibrant, enduring environments of beauty and comfort.

  • Lesson 4: Crafting Sustainable Landscapes on a Budget

    Understanding cost estimation in landscaping projects helps prevent financial setbacks, ensuring that your vision for your outdoor space remains realistic and achievable. By assessing resources, managing timeframes, and considering material costs, you can navigate expenses strategically and make informed decisions.

  • Lesson 5: Curb Appeal Mastery

    This lesson dives into the artistry of curb appeal by unpacking the significance of each contributing element, including the mindful cultivation of lawns and plantings that add depth and texture to the surroundings. To achieve refined curb appeal, one must focus on the synergy between elements like pathways, plantings, and lighting, collectively shaping an environment that resonates with elegance and warmth.

  • Lesson 6: The Symphony of Landscaping: Tools, Creativity, and Nature

    Embarking on a landscaping journey requires creativity, resourcefulness, and a range of tools to breathe life into your vision. From fundamental protective gear to specialized power tools, the right equipment and practices ensure both safety and efficiency.

  • Lesson 7: The Seamless Integration of Indoor Comfort into Outdoor Spaces

    With a blend of advanced technology and artful design, outdoor spaces are evolving into extensions of our living areas, offering serene and multifunctional environments. Emphasizing personal style and sustainability, these outdoor rooms can be customized with features like fire pits, dining areas, and tech-driven enhancements for leisure and entertainment.

  • Lesson 8: Innovative Gardening: Exploring the Dimensions of Softscaping

    Containers and hanging plants offer flexibility in softscaping, especially for limited spaces like balconies and patios, adding instant greenery and color. Meadows and bulbs contribute ephemeral beauty and biodiversity, inviting pollinators and ensuring a dynamic garden ecosystem with minimal maintenance.

  • Lesson 9: Hardscapes: Structure Meets Style

    Block walls sculpt landscapes by managing elevation changes and supporting plant life decoratively. These functional elements double as aesthetic features, providing stability while configuring garden spaces into dynamic, engaging environments.

  • Lesson 10: Systematic Hydration: Balancing Nature Through Irrigation

    Installing a robust irrigation system hinges on quality components like pipes and sprinkler heads, conforming to local regulations. Following thoughtful planning, the system unfolds like a well-engineered path, fostering a lush and sustainable garden environment.

  • Lesson 11: The Evolution of Outdoor Living: Creating Your Personal Sanctuary

    To elevate outdoor living, consider the fusion of form, style, and type, balancing aesthetics with practicality for a cohesive space. Through curated elements like vibrant color schemes and comfortable textiles, these areas become personalized retreats that seamlessly extend home-like comfort outdoors.

  • Lesson 12: Curb Appeal: The Intersection of Beauty and Function

    Smart streetscape planning involves enhancing the urban environment through the strategic use of lighting, signage, and modern landscaping features such as green walls and sustainable materials. Emphasizing individuality, these elements transform traditional pathways into vibrant, interactive narratives that reflect personal and community identities.

  • Lesson 13: Nature's Symphony: Embracing Tranquility with Water Elements

    Evolving garden ponds into personal sanctuaries involves creativity extended beyond aesthetics, sometimes introducing bridges, waterfalls, and other dynamic elements for function and visual intrigue. Maintenance becomes an art to sustain this living masterpiece, requiring knowledge of the nitrogen cycle and filtration systems to promote ecosystem harmony and vibrant habitats.

  • Lesson 14: Landscape Care Essentials

    A well-planned landscape maintenance routine turns a garden into a long-term refuge, enriching your living space aesthetically and ecologically. Regular attention to each component safeguards against degradation, ensuring sustainable beauty and functionality.

  • Lesson 15: Safety, Innovation, and Growth in the Landscaping Industry

    Financial literacy is key for landscapers aiming to scale their operations and tap into growth opportunities. Strategic financial management, such as understanding cash flow and profits, allows for calculated expansion and diversification of services.
 

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.
 

Additional Course Information

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Course Title: Landscaping 101
Course Number: 9770436
Lessons Rating: 4.44 / 5 Stars (2,159 votes)
Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries
Availability: You can take this course online in every U.S. state including California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Georgia. International availability includes English-speaking countries like Canada, Australia, the UK, and South Africa.
Last Updated: February 2024
Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Class
CEU Value: 0.9 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.
Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams
Instructor: Cathleen Chouinard
Syllabus: View Syllabus

Student Testimonials

  • "It was a great course on landscaping the only things I can think of that it didn't provide like gardening basics are in other courses and I understand why it's appropriate to have them separated into separate courses." -- Leah R.
  • "This course was more than I expected. I was think that it was going to be a basic overview and I would have to do more research. I believe that it was all here and I printed some of the lessons for future reference." -- James T.
  • "I learned a lot more from this course than I thought I would. I did not realize the background work that was required to take on landscaping, either as a hobby or as a business. Thank you for opening my eyes and gaining appreciation for those who do the work." -- Laura V.
  • "This class was very helpful and taught me the very important small details of jobs I have already done so in the future I can execute them better." -- Oscar G.
  • "This course is extremely helpful, and now I know what I need to do to become a very good landscaper." -- Wanda K.
  • "The course was great, thank you for teaching me more about landscaping." -- Jacob J.
  • "It was very helpful and very detailed. Thank you!" -- Robert A.
  • "This course is great and very helpful." -- Christopher H.

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