Home landscaping can have different meanings and take on different forms. On the one hand it means utilization of plants to serve a combination of functional and aesthetic goals. On the other hand it is the gardener, working with plants as the primary element, creating a garden. The term landscape garden relates well to this latter concept of home landscaping. The Holistic Garden is a landscape garden.

The objectives of this exercise are to study the general concepts of home landscaping, learn the basic steps in developing a home landscape plan, review the types of landscape plants and plantings and learn the different types of gardens in the landscape.

• Observe the special garden areas within the Holistic Garden.
• Observe the principles of landscaping on our home landscape field trip.
• Observe the use of xeriscape principles in our home landscape field trip.
• Observe good and poor quality plants in the selections offered at a local garden center.