Curated OER
If It Smells Good, Is Edible, and Attracts Wildlife, Then It's a Practical Garden
Students explore landscape design. In this practical gardening lesson, students design landscape plans that call for shrubs, trees, and plants that can be used for aesthetics, cooking, and wildlife.
Curated OER
Wild Animal Science
Students discover how environmental factors impact the survival of a population. For this landscape design lesson, students create a new animal and discuss the relationship between the animal and its environment before creating a habitat...
Curated OER
Landscape Design
Students create a landscape plan and keep track of their costs. They present plans to a visiting contractor and designer.
Curated OER
Xeriscaping In Your Community
Fourth graders participate in a service-learning project to design landscaping that maximizes water use and utilizes indigenous plant species.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Landscape Architects
A general description of the landscape architect profession, including work conditions, and training requirements.
Other
Arts Connect Ed Playground Make It
Eight fun on-line art activities where young artists get to create, color, and design.
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Ontario Council for Technology Education: Sensory Garden Design [Pdf]
In this project, learners will design a sensory garden. The area to be designed is for a flower bed 3' wide, 5' long and 3' high. The design must be wheelchair-accessible from all sides. Students will research the different sensory...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Landscaping With Native Plants
What is a native plant? Why should I use native plants? Which plants will attract birds and butterflies? These questions are answered and a number of important facts are discussed in the highly informative site.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Building the Seed Cathedral
Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, and a power station. And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a...
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Ozark Trials: Design Challenge
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards, like this one in Arkansas, and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Design a Garden
Landscape architecture and design take a lot of planning and preparation. Give it your best shot and design a garden of your own.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Waterwise Landscaper
A conversation with Michelle Pekko-Seymoure, and landscaper who grows plants that need very little water. Learn about this growing practice which helps conserve one of our most important resources.
Other
Ameican Society of Landscape Architects
Holds lots of information on landscape architecture. It has information about everything from upcoming landscape arcitecture events to information about the career.
Careers New Zealand
Careers New Zealand: Landscape Architect
This site contains information on becoming a landscape architect. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, most of it is uniform to the career.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Find Out How Your Lawn Measures Up
Based on a Calfornia ordinance that limits the size of lawns, Habitat Network offers some alternatives for a species-rich backyard.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Black Walnut Resistance, Virginia: Design Challenge
Design challenges take photos of tricky spots in people's yards and put them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this tired backyard from Virginia.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: La Pines: Design Challenge
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this pine straw yard in LA.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Sunny Georgia Strip: Design Challenge
Design challenges take photos of tricky spots in people's yards and put them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this sunny Georgia landscape in need of help.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Need Some Inspiring Design Advice for Your Yard? Submit a Photo
A resource page which explains how to submit a photo of a local backyard for expert design advice.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Constant Bloom in Coral Springs: Design Challenge
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this how to help yard in the Everglades become more biodiverse.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Native Grasses for Your Native Lawn
Find out how to use native grasses to increase wildlife diversity in a backyard.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Native Lawn Ftw! (For the Win)
Find out about the advantages of planting native grasses in a lawn.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Salt Lake Xeriscape: Design Challenge
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out how xeriscaping can help this Utah yard.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Learn From 'Xperienced Xeriscape Gardeners
Find out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.