CROP 435 — Environmental Horticulture
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Landscape Design: History of garden and landscape design. Contemporary trends, types and elements of the landscapes. Objectives of landscaping. Conduction of a landscape survey and analysis of landscape survey data. Materials of design. Principles of design and Principles of landscape design. The functions and design of beds and borders, home gardens, open space, public parks and public gardens. Road, street and industrial landscaping. Landscape graphic techniques. Preparation of plans. The sequence of operation for Landscape, projects. Preparation of costs and estimates. Landscape Horticulture: Importance of landscape plants in the environment. Selection of plants for landscaping. Establishment and maintenance of landscape trees, shrubs, climbing plants, hedges and shelter belts, bedding plants, lawns in garden and parks, and aquatic plants in water garden. Problems of landscape horticulture in Ghana. Establishment of landscape maintenance program.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).