UD summer camp

デラウエア大学で開催された、高校生向けのランドスケープを学ぶサマーキャンプの記事です。



Ｌandscape designerには園芸学、土壌学などの科学的知識だけではなく芸術的なバックグラウンドも必要とのことで様々なプログラムが提供されています。



また、フィールドワークとしてロングウッドガーデンで外来種の除去作業なども行ったそうです。



Ｌandscape designerは不足しており、給料が高いとのコメントはアメリカならではですね。



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UD summer camp cultivates future landscape designers

Chad Nelson, assistant professor of plant and soil sciences, talks to students during landscape camp.

12:01 p.m., Aug. 23, 2007--From botany to soil science, landscape designers have to know their science. But the best landscape designers also must have the eyes of an artist. They must have the ability to combine colors, shapes and textures in the landscape in bold and innovative ways.

That was the message of “The Nature of Design: Exploring Art in the Landscape,” a weekend camp for high school students sponsored by UD's Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.

Held in early August, the camp attracted nine students from Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut. They spent their nights at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware and their busy days at the UD Botanical Gardens, UD Farm, Longwood Gardens, White Clay Creek State Park, Brandywine Park, Gibraltar and other area parks and gardens.

“Landscape design is a true blend of art and science,” Susan Barton, instructor of plant and soil sciences and Cooperative Extension specialist in ornamental horticulture, said. “It's a field that cultivates creativity. Landscape designers shape, color and conserve the environment around them.”

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■関連サイト

http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/aug/landscape082307.html