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AGLL 2800 - Native Plants in the Landscape

  • NonCredit

Students in this course will evaluate the diversity of native annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses, and woody plants suitable for use in landscapes in North America. Selection and maintenance characteristics will be discussed. The plants covered in this course tend to be less well known but are available in the industry. Students will learn landscape design principles, the process of planting design, and the preparation of planting plans.

Learning Objectives:

  • Students in this course will evaluate the diversity of native annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses, and woody plants suitable for use in landscapes in North America.
  • Students will learn to build a portfolio of ideal native plants to use in landscapes.
  • Students will gain knowledge in environmental site analysis, landscape design, and planting plans.

Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.

Important Information

Students seeking academic credit should enroll in HORT 325.

Instructors

Jennifer Bousselot
Jennifer Bousselot

jennifer.bousselot@colostate.edu

To view Dr. Bousselot's Rooftop Agrivoltaics TEDx talk, please click here.

Learn more at: http://youtu.be/__Xxedtm9d8

Deryn Davidson

deryn.davidson@colostate.edu

Deryn Davidson holds a B.S. in Horticulture from Colorado State University and a Master’s of Landscape Architecture from the University of Arizona. Currently, Deryn is the CSU Horticulture Extension Agent for Boulder County, a position in which she is able to look for new ways to help educate the public about the importance of good design and horticultural practices.

Kelly Curl

9704917283 | kelly.curl@colostate.edu

Kelly Curl is an educator, landscape architect, and fine artist. Curl is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape at Colorado State University. Curl is also a fine artist who focuses on creating memorable landscapes that evoke past visits or experiences of our natural and cultural world. She has exhibited at Colorado State University, BHA Design, and Morgan State University and currently donated work to The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s (TCLF) Eighteenth Annual Silent Auction to benefit TCLF’s education and advocacy initiatives. In Nadia Amoroso's book, Representing Landscapes- Hybrid, she published an essay titled Ideation of Landscape Representation. In 2021, Curl received a Special Mention for my design competition submission at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. Her submission was exhibited at the Responsive Cities Symposium – Design with Nature in Barcelona, Spain. In 2022, Curl won two design competition submissions with her CSU landscape architecture students for Backyard Casitas, nature play structures designed and built at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens in Santa Barbara, California.