Authors: Christopher D. Hart and R. Lee Ivy

Organized to follow the textbook on a chapter-by-chapter basis, the Lab Workbook provides questions to help the student review the material presented in the chapter. Pages can be printed on demand for assignment, or students can complete their assignments online using embedded form fields and then print or e-mail the responses for grading.

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Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Landscape Design, Installation, and Management, 1st Edition, Lab Workbook

• Front Matter
• 1 - The Landscaping Industry
• 2 - Workplace Skills
• 3 - Occupational Safety
• • Lab 3A Reading a Pesticide Label
• 4 - Tools and Equipment
• • Lab 4A Zero-Turn Mower Equipment Operation
  • Lab 4B Equipment Operation and Efficiency
• 5 - Site Evaluation and Plant Selection
• • Lab 5A Measuring Slope
  • Lab 5B Measuring with Pacing
  • Lab 5C Landscape Site Measurements
  • Lab 5D Measuring Square Footage
  • Lab 5E Measuring Oddly-Shaped Sites
• 6 - Principles and Elements of Design
• • Lab 6A Making Hypertufa Pots
• 7 - The Outdoor Room Concept
• • Lab 7A Mixed Border Design
• 8 - Plant Production
• • Lab 8A Landscape Soil Evaluation
  • Lab 8B Soil Texture Evaluation
  • Lab 8C Soil Infiltration
• 9 - Plant Taxonomy and Physiology
• • Lab 9A Taking a Soil Sample
• 10 - Ornamental Plants in the Landscape
• • Lab 10A Designing and Planting Display Containers
• 11 - Turfgrass Selection
• • Lab 11A Laying Sod
• 12 - Turfgrass Installation and Management
• • Lab 12A Spreader Calibration
• 13 - Landscape Lighting and Water Features
• 14 - Irrigation Design, Installation, and Maintenance
• • Lab 14A Irrigation System Calculations
  • Lab 14B Gluing PVC Pipe
• 15 - Hardscapes
• • Lab 15A Hardscape Installation
• 16 - Creating the Design
• 17 - Starting a Business
• 18 - Pricing Landscape Projects
• 19 - Client Relationships
• • Lab 19AWork Time Lines and Management Agreements
• 20 - Landscape Installation
• • Lab 20APlanting and Staking a Balled-andBurlapped Tree
• 21 - Landscape Management
• • Lab 21A Three-Step Pruning Cut
• 22 - Pest Management
• • Lab 22A Calculating Average Daily Temperature