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Vegetation Establishment and Maintenance

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0829/01
Abbreviation ZUZ
Course title Vegetation Establishment and Maintenance
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. The importance of greenery in the industrial landscape and in the headquarters.
2. Establishing greenery - definition. Passportization of greens.
3. Issues of establishing greenery and vegetation elements in an urbanized area and in an industrial landscape.
4. Annuals, biennials - assortment, establishment technology, cultivation systems, maintenance care
5. Bulbs, perennials - assortment, planting technology, cultivation systems, maintenance care
6. Vegetation elements in containers and on the structure – assortment, establishment technology, cultivation systems, maintenance care
7. Shrubs and trees – hedges, linear and area vegetation – establishment methods, establishment of area (bed) planting of shrubs, maintenance care.
8. Point planting of trees. Transplanting mature trees.
9. Lawns and meadows. Green curtains.
10. Maintenance projects – content and methods of processing, evaluation of cost effectiveness, intensity classes of maintenance, cost optimization, green management.
11. Analysis of work operations, finishing and development care.
12. Cultivation measures – definition of content, basis for design.
13. Bidding - preparation and details of the price offer for the establishment and maintenance of the work of garden creation.

Literature

BBARTAUSKI T. Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer. Prentice Hall 2006. ISBN: 0131720635 
GENSKE, DIETER D. Urban Land: Degradation - Investigation – Remediation. Springer 2003, XVII.
HUMPHRIES C.J. et al. Guide to Trees of Britain and Europe. Hamlyn, 2001.
MACEY G. Reclaiming the Land. Springer 2007.
http://www.pictures-flowers.com/

Advised literature

MCCAMMON T. AT AL. Idaho Master Gardener Program Handbook. http://www.extension.uidaho.edu/mg/resources/handbook/MGHbook.pdf
TURNER ET AL. Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice. Springer. 2001.
DIRR M.A. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propogation and Uses. Stipes Pub llc. 2009.
http://www.pictures-flowers.com/