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Want to save money and conserve water? Discover six steps to landscape design, including why the process is important and water savings involved. This course will cover site analysis regarding how family values play into landscape design, what hydrozoning means for water savings and plant selection, and how to use rectilinear, curvilinear, and angular design styles. You'll finish the course with tips and tricks to mix lines, color, texture, and form with scale, balance, simplicity, variety, emphasis, and sequence to create unity and pizzazz in your designs.
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
Students receive access to the course for 1 year from the time of registration to complete the course.
Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.
Please note that there are no refunds for open entry courses.
Deryn Davidson is the Sustainable Landscape State Specialist for Colorado State University (CSU) Extension. In this position she develops and delivers educational programs and provides expert consultation to public and private sectors on creating sustainable, resilient landscapes. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture from CSU and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Arizona. A former horticulturist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, TX, Deryn is deeply committed to native plant horticulture and pollinator conservation. While in Arizona, Deryn worked designing rainwater harvesting systems, and educating the public on rainwater harvesting strategies. She champions the use of thoughtful design and sustainable horticultural practices to foster biodiversity and implement nature-based solutions that enhance urban resilience and livability.