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Residential Landscape Design
RISD CE
Date(s); January 12 - February 16, 2008. 10am – 1pm
The crunching of gravel underfoot, the sound of a wind chime or of a fountain splashing, the color of blossoms against a wall -- these are the details that help build a successful home landscape design. In this course, students learn to achieve a sense of completeness and satisfaction by integrating plantings with the structures that support, enhance and guide a person's experience of the outdoor environment. Participants begin by drawing a base plan or scheme of their property, using simple conventional landscape drafting methods. They then explore such variables as plant materials, pavement, decks, fences, walls, furniture, lighting and pools. Through brief assignments and in-class work, students develop their own landscape designs. No previous drawing skill is required.

Identifying Trees and Shrubs
RISD CE
Semester: Spring 2008
Date: Saturday March 1, 2008
Time: 11am – 1pm
Sessions: 1
ARC-0245
Course description: Trees and shrubs create a palpable presence and give character and beauty to the landscape. They also provide vital clues that inform gardeners’ and designers’ planting strategies. Students in this course enjoy the opportunity to learn about and gain appreciation for plants as special entities in themselves, and also as integral devices for enhancing meaning, form and function in architectural spaces of all sorts. Students learn to identify trees and shrubs accurately, and thus gain an understanding of suitable growing conditions. The basics of plant classification, morphology (study of form and structure) and how to use a tree identification key are all covered. In addition, we examine how shape, height, color and texture vary with each species, and how they give a sense of scale and architectural massing to the landscape.
Tuition: $30.00
Offered thru RI School of Design, Providence, RI
Call: (401) 454-6209 for registration or visit RISD CE Website

Paving With Brick and Stone
RISD CE
Date(s); May 3,2008. 9:30am – 12:30pm

Brick, stone and cobblestone date back centuries and have been used as paving materials everywhere from the Appian Way to the streets of Nantucket. Learn the basic techniques for creating beautiful (and relatively inexpensive) dry-laid patios, terraces, driveways and walkways using salvaged or "found" brick and stone. This workshop stresses building for the long term. Project design, preparing and leveling foundations, locating materials and combining them creatively are all covered. For this reason, the class is sure to interest homeowners and do-it-yourselfers as well as landscape professionals.

Offered thru RI School of Design, Providence, RI.
Call (401) 454-6209 for registration, or visit RISD CE Website