This course looks at plants as defining elements in landscape design, both by contemporary as well as historical example. Learning objectives include the identification and use a range of plants, as well as an understanding of the structural strata of vegetation and how species grow individually as well as in associations with one another. In addition to learning about planting in relationship to physical and environmental conditions, cycles of maturation, and the importance of seasonality and the senses, the course will introduce a range of disciplinary discourses and histories.