Mary Lynn Powers, president of the Garden Clubs of Mississippi Inc. (left), Dr. Sadik Artunc, head of landscape architecture at Mississippi State University, and DeSoto Civic Garden Club members Donna Carey and Lynda Pointer met Melanie Gousett (right), state schools chairman for the landscape design series, when attending a landscape design course at Lake Tiak-O’-Khata in Louisville, Miss.
DeSoto Civic Garden Club members Donna Carey and Lynda Pointer attended a landscape design course in early November at Lake Tiak-O’-Khata in Louisville, Miss.
The purpose of Landscape Design Schools is to provide continuing education in landscape design. The course content is established by National Garden Clubs Inc. and includes a series of four sequenced courses consisting of 10 hours of lecture.
At the end of the sessions participants have the opportunity to take a written examination that is based on required reading and lectures.
Components of Course 1 included space, design and people, principles and elements of design, public landscapes, developing your home/private garden, basic site plan, color in the landscape, design for the environment, development of landscape design and development of landscape resources.
The next Landscape Design School (Course 2) will be May 13-15 at Lake Tiak-O’-Khata.
DeSoto Civic Garden Club is a member of the National Garden Club, Deep South Region Inc., and the Garden Clubs of Mississippi Inc., Hills and Delta District.
Lynda Pointer is a member of the DeSoto Civic Garden Club.
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