Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

• What is Horticulture?/

      Careers in                                                                                             

            Horticulture

• Landscape Projects

• Describe Horticulture and Identify the Areas within Horticulture
• Identify Various Careers in the Horticulture Industry

• Pruning Evergreens
• Maintaining Play Areas
• Constructing Bases for Trees
• Fall Activities with Annuals & Perennials

• Activity Sheets
• Bulletin Board Poster Activity

• Quality & Quantity of Work

• D.12.4

• D.12.4

October

• Landscape Projects

• Principles of Design

• Pruning Shrubs

• Understand the Elements & Principles of Design

• Quality & Quantity of Work

• Activity Sheets

• D.12.4

• D.12.1

November

• Design Process

• Client Interview

• Site Survey

• Preliminary Design

• Identify the Stages in the Landscape Design Process

• Understand what goes into a Client Interview
• Interviewing Techniques

• Understand the Components of a Site Survey
• How to Conduct a Site Survey

• Identify what items go into a Preliminary Design
• Develop a Preliminary Design

• Activity Sheets
• Picture Project

• Client Interviews
• Activity Sheets

• Site Survey
• Activity Sheets

• Activity Sheets
• Preliminary Design Drawings

• D.12.1

• C.12.2,D.12.1

• D.12.2

• D.12.1,D.12.4

December

• Landscape Use Areas

• Functions & Types of Plants Used in the Landscape

• Trees & Shrubs Used in the Landscape

• Understand the Different Use Area Elements

• Identify the Different Types of Plants Used in the Landscape
• Identify the Different Uses of Plants in the Landscape

• Identify the Different Types of Trees and Shrubs in the Landscape
• List & Find Examples of Trees & Shrubs that Could be Planted in Landscapes in Wisconsin

• Activity Sheets
• Use Area Drawing

• Activity Sheets
• Landscape Drawing

• Activity Sheets
• Tree/Shrub Packet Produced in the Computer Lab

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

January

·         Landscape Designs and Symbols

·         Identify the Elements that Need to be Included in a Landscape Design

·         Identify and Properly Use Landscape Symbols

·         Design a Landscape Plan

·         Activity Sheets

·         Landscape Symbols Drawing

·         Final Landscape Drawing

            D.12.1