This document summarizes a certificate program in landscape and garden design offered by Clemson University. The 6-week course is taught by landscape architect Mary Palmer Dargan and covers topics like landscape appreciation, history of design, design techniques, plant materials, planting design, hardscaping, built structures, and design studios. Attendees can gain skills to design their own home landscape, work with designers/contractors, or improve their knowledge to provide better services to clients.

1. Clemson University Presents Certificate of Accomplishment in Landscape and Garden Design www.ccald.org

2. Sponsored by Clemson’s Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture in the College of Art, Architecture and Humanities

3. CCALD in CASHIERS Summer 2003

4. Unlock the gate to a new appreciation for landscape design by learning from the experts. An Introduction to the Course…

8. Taught by Instructor: Mary Palmer Dargan , ASLA, CLARB who holds a Master of Landscape Architecture degree and lectures at Clemson University in the Department of Landscape Architecture. She appears regularly on Ground Breakers on HGTV and her work is published frequently in national magazines. With her husband, Hugh Dargan, principle of Dargan Landscape Architects of Atlanta, she has projects in many states. A design firm for over 30 years, Dargan LA’s archives are housed in The South Carolina Historical Society in Charleston, SC.

10. 011 Landscape Appreciation

11. Defining Beauty

13. Line offers Movement

14. Color produces Emotion

15. Form reveals Shapes

16. Texture animates Surfaces

17. Design Principles

18. Dominance & Subordination

19. Focalization

20. Asymmetrical Balance

21. Rhythm & Repetition

22. Chaos and Order

23. How do I apply these “Landscape Appreciation Techniques” to my Property ?

25. Approach & Arrival Sequence

26. The Hub

27. The Perimeter

28. Passages and Destinations

29. 012 History of Landscape Design

30. Medieval Period

32. Early English Kitchen Garden

33. Geometric Period

35. Picturesque Period

39. 013 Design Techniques

40. Site Analysis

41. Functional Outdoor Space

42. Identification of Nodes

43. A Master Plan for a Larger Property

44. Mapping the Site

45. The Centerline of a Site Layout

46. Designing in Elevation

47. Sketch Overlay of Idea

48. Garden Rooms

49. Large Informal Plan

50. 014 Landscape Plant Materials

53. Deciduous magnolias

54. Michelia doltsopa

56. Annabelle Hydrangea

57. Oakleaf hydrangea

58. Buddelia davidii butterfly bush

61. 015 Planting Design

62. Picturesque Pond

63. Stylistic Treatments

64. Tree Forms

66. Plan graphics

67. An Informal Courtyard

68. OWL HOME

69. Owl Home Garden: a Study in Shade, Flower & Kitchen Garden Collections

70. The Tiered Backdrop

71. Love it , Hate it and WHY?

72. Contrast

73. 016 Landscape Construction: The Hardscape

74. Helping Hands

75. Excavating the Stairs

76. Planting Pockets

77. Before the Plants

78. After the Plants

79. Poor brick work

80. Random ashlar detail

81. Random ashlar terrace layout A detailed Terrace Drawing includes dimensions, stone specifications and grading information

82. Earthen Ramps Earthen Ramps

83. Turf on Slopes Turf on Slopes

84. 017 Landscape Construction: Built Structures

85. Built Structures include everything with a footing

86. Rousham’s Bath house

87. The Master Plan

88. Before

89. During

90. After

91. Verifying Site Layout

92. 018 The Design Studio

93. Concept plan

94. A simple site plan

95. Planting Plan

96. Inspirations Filoli

97. Newton Vineyard

98. Stowe

99. Barnsley

100. Giardino Guisti

101. Villa Uzzano

102. Hidcot

105. Giardino Guisti

107. Sissinghurst

109. La Frontiera Palace

110. Barnsley

111. Misarden

114. 58 Meeting Street

115. Buscot

117. Middleton Place

119. Join us for CCALD : Cashiers 2003

120. Clemson University Presents Certificate of Accomplishment in Landscape and Garden Design www.ccald.org