Course Description
Students will learn about growth, installation, care, and use of indoor plants in relation to interior architecture design. They will also learn the names and architectural uses of approximately 150 tropical plants currently used by horticulturists and architects.
Athena Title
INT PLANTSCAPES
Prerequisite
HORT 2000 or (BIOL 1103 and BIOL 1103L) or BIOL 1107-1107L or PBIO 1210
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Be able to identify 150 tropical plants commonly used by architects. Understand light, soil, nutrition, air and water needs of interiorscape plants. Learn the technology used by the interiorscape industry to install and maintain plants. Be able to do an interior site evaluation for plant installation, and write a site report. Be able to incorporate the basic environmental needs of plants into interior designs.
Topical Outline
Week 1: Using Morphology to Obtain Clues for Selection; How To Study Plant Groups and Remember Scientific Names Week 2: How Plant Geographic origin dictates cultural considerations; History of Interiorscaping and Design Concepts Week 3 Identification of architecturally important Tropical Monocots; Roof Top Gardens and Untraditional Plant Uses Week 4 Identification of commercially important Euphorbes and Cacti; Designing Room Layouts, Planters and Container Technology Week 5 Identification of commercially important Crassulaceae Designing Traffic Flow, Water Application Technology Week 6 Identification of commercially Important Tropical Trees; Planning Long-term Growth, Temperature and Plant Physiology Week 7 Identification of commercially important Araliads and Vines; Color Schemes, Phytochrome, Flowering and Scheduling Week 8 Identification of commercially important Tropical Palms High Use Zones, Restaurants, Light Levels, Sources and PAR Week 9: Identification of Primitive Phyla, Ferns and Mosses Cost Estimating, Carbohydrate and Nitrogen Partitioning Week 10: Identification of industrial important Monocots & Lilaceae; Customer Relations, Plant Nutrition Programs and Technology Week 11: Identification of useful Urticaceae, Gesneriaceae & Compositeae; Soil, Soil pH, Ec, Soil Technology and Long Term Effects Week 12: Identification of the Philodendron Complex; Site Evaluation, Air Pollution and Air Handling Technology Week 13: Identification of Tropical “Holiday Color” Plants, Orchids, Bromeliads; Plant Maintenance and Cleaning Techniques Week 14: Identification of commercially Begoniaceae and Marantaceae; Contracts and Policies, Problem Diagnosis – Case Studies Week 15: Identification of commercially important Aroids, Commelinaceae; Interiorscape Business Plans, Site Evaluation Reports