Landscape Plant Selection, Soil Preparation & Planting
 
Learn how to select and install plants from a pro with the help of this program.  Landscape Plant Selection, Soil Preparation & Planting shows you what’s involved with picking the right plants for your location and climate, integrating your choices into a design plan, then successfully installing plants in your garden.  This program was created not only for students and employees, but also for gardening enthusiasts who want to learn more about residential landscaping.  Running time: 37 minutes.
 
Widely used in the classroom to illustrate landscaping and horticulture concepts, it is divided into concise, easy-to-understand segments and was reviewed by a panel of teachers for accuracy.   Landscape Plant Selection, Soil Preparation & Planting introduces you to:
 
The landscape design process
Basic plant selection criteria
Plant color concepts
Common design mistakes
How to develop a planting design
Different categories of plants
Soil preparation concepts
How to install plants in your garden 
 
Your host, Don Marquardt, ASLA, has taught Landscape Architecture Professional Certificate Courses at UCLA Extension for twenty-seven years.  A licensed landscape architect with experience in both public and private residential landscape projects, Don recently retired as Parks Superintendent for Culver City, California.  A printed glossary of landscaping terms is included.  Other programs in this series cover landscape design, lawn installation, perennial gardening, and plant propagation techniques.
 
Winner of these awards: Aegis Award, Telly Award, Communicator Award of Distinction.
 
"…an outstanding, no-nonsense introduction to planning and planting the home landscape… Highly recommended."  Library Journal