546-0829/01 – Vegetation Establishment and Maintenance (ZaUZ)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with issues of establishment, maintenance and protection of vegetation in settlements and in the rehabilitated areas.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Tutorials
Terrain work
Summary
The course deals with the importance of greenery in the industrial and mining landscape, the issue of establishing greenery and vegetation elements of industry and mining influenced places. The knowledge of the basic assortment of plants for individual types of treatment, technology of plantation, cultivation systems, maintenance care is a part of the course. An important part is familiarization with the specifics of planting plan processing and related operations.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended 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/
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit and Exam
Semester project - working on a complete study of the vegetation element solution and oral defence solutions - credit.
Determination of wild, ornamental and horticultural plant species with significant characteristic of their use - part of a combined test.
E-learning
Other requirements
Semester project - working on a complete study of the vegetation element solution and oral defence solutions - credit.
Determination of wild, ornamental and horticultural plant species with significant characteristic of their use - part of a combined test.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
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.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction