Python Notes for mca i year students osmania university.docx
Introduction to garden design session 1
1. Introduction to Garden Design
Week 1 – Introduction, Site Appraisal
and User Requirements.
2. Learning objectives
State three limitations to design
process and how these can be
identified
Name four component areas of a
site inventory
State what existing features need to
be identified
Describe five issues that need to be
addressed in identifying user
requirements
3. Housekeeping
5 weeks – last session 17th May
Learner Diaries – for you to record
your progress and any queries or
comments. I will comment every
other week and in the last week.
Each week I ask you to build on the
session by doing a practical task.
Please try to at least attempt it.
4. The Plants Come Last!
Initial design stages are primarily
about use not appearance.
Completely opposite to the way
most gardeners think!
Use of space, movement through
the space, sightlines and style are
all selected before plants are
chosen.
5. Site Appraisal
House and setting – approach, views,
location
Soil and climate
Existing features
Services and access
Legal/regulatory issues?
6. Users requirements
What? What is the garden to be
used for?
Why? Any particular needs?
Where? Where should the uses be
located?
When? When will the garden be
used?
Who? Who uses the garden?
regularly or just sometimes?
7. Starting to think about design
Design styles are shorthand – not
handcuffs!
Start to collect images, items, colour
combinations
Identify strong dislikes – but otherwise
keep an open mind.
‘Mood boards’, ideas boxes
Not particular plants!! (put them in your
notebook)
Notebook – design is a thinking process
so keep notes or you will forget.
8. Learning outcomes
State three limitations to design
process and how these can be
identified
Name four component areas of a
site inventory
State what existing features need to
be identified
Describe five issues that need to be
addressed in identifying user
requirements