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MindTap for Ingel's Landscaping Principles and Practices, 2 terms Instant Access, 8th Edition

Jack E. Ingels, Alissa F. Smith

  • Copyright 2019
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MindTap for Ingel's Landscaping Principles and Practices, 2 terms Instant Access 8th Edition by Jack E. Ingels/Alissa F. Smith
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MindTap for Landscaping Principles and Practices, 8th edition is the digital learning solution that helps teachers engage and transform today’s students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. MindTap for this course includes the full, interactive eBook as well as auto-graded reading activities throughout the eBook for each lesson as well as student tools like flashcards, videos, practice quizzes, and auto-graded homework and tests.

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Jack E. Ingels

Jack E. Ingels is a distinguished professor in the department of plant science at the State University of New York at Cobleskill. He is a member of the Associated Landscape Contractors of America and was named one of the top ten landscape educators in America by Lawn and Landscape magazine. Mr. Ingles has written numerous publications about ornamental horticulture.

Alissa F. Smith

Alissa F. Smith is the associate executive director of the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE), where she oversees professional development for agricultural educators at a national level. Prior to working at NAAE, Alissa was a classroom agriculture teacher in Central Kentucky, where she specialized in teaching horticulture and agriscience. She also developed curriculum and instructional material for high school agriculture classes, including landscaping and landscape design, greenhouse technology, and floriculture and floral design. In addition, Alissa worked to develop agriscience curriculum and served on state committees to develop an agriscience pathway in Kentucky. She completed her undergraduate degree in agriculture at the University of Kentucky, holds a teaching certification in agriculture grades 5-12, and earned her master’s degree in agriculture from the University of Kentucky.

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Table of Contents

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Preface.
About the Author.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: OVERVIEW OF LANDSCAPE DESIGNING.
1. Introduction to the Landscaping Industry.
2. The Principles of Design.
3. Using Drawing Instruments.
4. Lettering.
5. Graphic Materials and Techniques.
Part II: THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROCESS.
6. The Landscape Process.
7. The Site.
8. Plant Selection.
9. Flowers.
10. Hardscape.
11. Enrichment.
12. Pricing the Proposed Design.
13. Presenting the Proposal.
Part III: LANDSCAPE CONTRACTING.
14. Landscape Calculations.
15. Understanding Contracts and Contractors.
16. Specifications.
17. Human Resources: The Needs and Opportunities.
Part IV: LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION.
18. Safety in the Landscape Industry.
19. Tools of the Trade.
20. Installing Landscape Plants.
21. Selecting the Proper Grass.
22. Lawn Construction.
23. Landscape Irrigation.
Part V: LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
24. Maintaining Landscape Plants.
25. Pruning Trees and Shrubs.
26. Plant Injuries: Identification and Care.
27. Care of the Lawn.
28. Winterization of the Landscape.
29. Pricing Landscape Maintenance.
Part VI: SPECIALIZATION IN THE LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY.
30. Landscaping in the Age of Technology.
31. Xeriscaping.
32. Interior Plantscaping.
33. Water Gardens.
Appendix A: Examples of Landscape Designs.
Appendix B: From Drawings to Reality.
Appendix C: Examples of insect and disease injuries.
Appendix D: Professional and Trade Organizations.
Appendix E: The Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Program.
Glossary/Glosario.
Index.

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  • ISBN-10: 1337403474
  • ISBN-13: 9781337403474
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