PREPARING THE LANDSCAPE SITE Ms. Gripshover Landscaping Unit 14

OUR OBJECTIVES  Read a site analysis or landscape plan.  Explain how to interpret a landscape plan.  Describe how to protect existing site features.  Describe how to remove site features that are unwanted.  Analyze and prepare soil for planting.

REFRESHER  Landscape Plan  Symbols are used in a landscape plan and scale is also used in a plan to show what the plan will look like when its complete  Typically the plants are drawn at the size they will be full grown  Site analysis- rough sketch showing existing features of a landscape

HOW CAN STUDENTS READ A LANDSCAPE PLAN TO EFFECTIVELY INSTALL A LANDSCAPE DESIGN?  Must be able to read plan to install correctly  Similar to reading a map  Must understand symbols  Identify, draw, and read simple landscape symbols  Read and interpret measurements  Be able to use architect’s scale & engineer’s scale

HOW CAN STUDENTS TAKE THE INFORMATION SHOWN IN A LANDSCAPE PLAN AND IMPLEMENT IT INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DESIGN?  A plan tells you many things such as:  Where plants go  Paths and patios  Water features  Taking measurement from paper to real life requires being able to read a scale, use a scale, and translate into reality  Generating a list of plant material help to establish pricing as well as ordering  Hardscaping- use of non- living material like:  Paths, patios, walkways, etc.

YOUR TASK  We will be using your desk, post it notes, and other simples materials to draw a landscape plan  Post notes will represent the plants  You will need to get:  A ruler, 5 post it notes  We will be using 1/8” scale  Put two plants (one in each corner) in the upper portion of your “plan”  They should both be 2’ away from each the sides and the top  Place a plant directly in the center of your “plan”  Now, take two more plants and place them on the bottom of your “plan”, 3 feet away from the bottom and exactly right in the middle of the two plants you already placed

HOW DID YOU DO???  Ms. G. Will Check

HOW CAN EXISTING SITE FEATURES BE PROTECTED FROM DAMAGE IN THE INSTALLATION PROCESS?  One reason to keep everything protected is to make the customer happy  Soil compaction- roots are unable to get enough oxygen because the soil has been compacted usually from heavy machinery  Use routes to avoid potential damage to roots and utility lines  Portable fencing should also be placed around the drip line of trees  Dripline- the outermost leaves of the canopy reach; where rainwater drips from the leaf tips, most of the roots are in this region

HOW CAN ONE REMOVE UNWANTED SITE FEATURES?  Sometimes living & non- living features need to be removed  Small trees can be dug up (and often times moved elsewhere) and large trees may need to be removed with a tree spade or cut down  What other features may need to be removed?

HOW CAN STUDENTS ANALYZE THE QUALITY OF THE SOIL SO THAT SOIL AMENDMENTS CAN BE PROPERLY APPLIED?  A soil analysis determines the type and quality of soil  Soil amendments- something that is added to improve soil quality  Soil fertility- the ability of a soil to provide nutrients for plant growth