This site will remain under construction for the entire Au99 Quarter

Landscapes

What are they? How do landscapes relate to modern life?

Scope of the 'Constructed Landscape' for Landscape Horticulture

• Residential Landscapes (Gardens)
• Commercial Landscapes

Landscapes and human history: how people have modified landscapes to suit their needs.

• Domestication of plants (for food and for pleasure)
  Origins of Horticulture - Here is your starting point for an overview of the origins of Landscape Horticulture.
• Landscapes for pleasure: parks, gardens, golf courses
• Landscapes for production
• Plant exploration.
• Landscape styles (for example: european, japanese/chinese, modern american, etc)
• Plants for special meaning: How plants are used for expressing emotion, altering perception, improving health, expressing faith (religion)
  • Learn about Horticulture Therapy, a specialization that uses horticultural activities for physical therapy.
• Look at the history website from Freeman Howlett's class notes.
  This is a chronological compilation of important contributors to Horticulture. For each individual there are additional internet links of interest. Make sure to check out John Gerard (16 th Century); John Bartram (17 th Century); Lancelot Brown , Linnaeus (18 th Century); Liberty Hyde Bailey, Luther Burbank, Andrew Jackson Downing, Gertrude Jekyll, Frederik Law Olmsted (19 th and 20 th Centuries). An excellent resource!