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Landscape Construction I

  • HORT20015
  • Contact Hours: Forty hours of lectures, tutorials and demonstrations, eight hours of field trips
    Total Time Commitment: Not available
  • 12.50
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This subject aims to provide students with a broad knowledge of a range of built elements and their application in the landscape, design, performance and method of construction. The areas of study covered in this subject include: * urban soils and their relevance to built structures; * earthworks and earthmoving equipment; * concrete, masonry structures and pavements; * walls, fences and retaining walls; * construction of decks and pergolas; * selection and placement of field rock; * formal and free form water features; and * plant selection, planting and establishment. Site visits and case studies will be used to demonstrate the application of different elements and construction methods... -- Course Website

Prerequisites: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HORT10011 Horticultural Practice II Semester 2 12.50



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