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 PROGRAM Objectives |Teaching Plan

Week Six Teaching Outline:  Landscape Maintenance and Care

Gardeners of Costa Rica [Community Audience]      Click here for Master of Gardens [Commercial Audience]

Instructor: Henry Mayer

I. Pruning 9:00 – 10:30

a.         Basic concepts and definitions

b.         Good pruning practices

c.         Bad pruning practices

d.         Case study: Pruning young trees

e.         Safety

f.          Exercise outside

 Break

 

II. Commercial Trouble shooting lawns and plants 10:45 – 12:00

a.         Ten myths of trees and plants

b.         Ten most common Landscape Maintenance problems

c.         Exercise outside

Lunch

III. Edible Garden                    1:00 – 3:30

a.         Square Foot Garden or “Canteros”

b.         Vegetables

c.         Fruits

d.         Herbs

e.         Exercise outside

Break

IV. Maintenance and Daily Care 2:40 – 3:30

 

V. Erosion control 3:30 – 4:00

a.         Overview

b.         Why it is a problem?

c.         How to manage it

Master of Gardens   [Commercial Audience]  Click here for Gardeners of Costa Rica [Community Audience]

Instructor: Henry Mayer

I. Pruning 9:00 – 10:30

a.         Basic concepts and definitions

b.         Good pruning practices

c.         Bad pruning practices

d.         Case study: Pruning young trees

e.         Safety

f.          Exercise outside

Break:

 

II. Commercial Trouble shooting lawns and plants 10:45 – 12:00

a.         Ten myth of trees and plants

b.         Landscape problems

c.         Exercise outside

Lunch

III. Lawn mowers and equipment operation and safety 1:00 – 2:30

a.         Types of mowers: rotary and reel

b.         Advantages and Disadvantages

c.         Chain saw operation and safety

d.         Other equipments: blowers, hedgers, weed eater, chippers

e.         Exercise outside

Break

IV. Maintenance and Daily Care  2:40 – 3:30

V. Erosion control 3:30 – 4:00

a.         Overview

b.         Why it is a problem?

c.         How to manage it

Equipment and Supplies needed  

 

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