PHG215 Landscape Plants - Establishment and Maintenance

Knowledge

The student must have knowledge of

• how landscape plants grow and biological prerequisites for establishment and maintenance
• the most important environmental factors that control the growth cycle in northern areas, as well as the common winter damage, biotic- and abiotic damage to woody plants
• the most common propagation methods for different types of plants
• plant quality and sizing for trees, shrubs and perennials
• environmentally and climate-friendly establishment and maintenance, which work tasks are included in maintenance, different methods for the usual types of maintenance, and maintenance plans
• regulations on alien organisms, the alien species list for the species database and the risk of spread

Skills

The student must be able to

• make professional choices to descriptions for ordering soil, plants and maintenance
• quality-assure descriptions and perform reception control of plants and soil
• assess growth and development and perform quality control of establishment and mantantenance
• environmental risk assess plants for green areas

General competence

The student must have a basis for being able to

• participate in professional discussions on issues related to environmentally and climate-friendly establishment and maintenance of green areas
• consider the most important prerequisites for achieving successful establishment and maintenance
• assess which plant qualities and sizes are most appropriate in different types of outdoor spaces
• assess which quality class for care is most appropriate for different plants and vegetation in different types of outdoor spaces
• assess whether plans and descriptions have taken sufficient account of maintenance, so that the plant can be developed according to the intention both in the short and long term