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Landscape Design IV: Design and Construction

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Draw upon all of the skills you've developed in NYBG's landscape design program to create a full residential project from start to finish, using actual examples from properties and/or clients. You'll combine design with construction principles as you learn about the entire build and construction process. Emphasis is placed on construction drawings, documents, and specifications, as well as estimating. Prerequisites: Landscape Design III, Grading & Drainage, and Site Materials and Details

Required Text
Residential Landscape Architecture, 5th Edition
Booth and Hiss
Prentice Hall
ISBN-13 978-0136126973

Schedule:

Every week on Monday, starting on 01/05/26 and ending on 03/30/26 (excluding 01/19/26, 02/16/26)

Times:

06:00pm-09:00pm EST

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Instructor:

Katja Patchowsky Katja Patchowsky

Katja Patchowsky

Katja is a seasoned landscape designer with extensive horticultural knowledge and experience. She has completed numerous residential, academic, commercial, and public realm projects both as a designer and contractor. She has more than a decade of experience using CAD for drafting and 3d modelling. Katja also has more than six years' experience working in property management giving her a strong foundation in project management, careful record keeping and client responsiveness.

Born and raised in New York City, she has a master's degree in landscape architecture and a second master's degree in sustainable landscape design and urban planning. Katja's undergraduate degree in Biology with a focus on marine science and conservation biology taught her the importance of data driven thinking and careful attention to detail. She is passionate about the building of successful, ecologically healthy outdoor spaces and the transformative power landscape architecture can have on urban design, infrastructure, and climate resiliency.

Katja is a member of the NJASLA, serving on the Annual Meeting Committee and as Speaker Committee Chair. She is also lecturer at the New York Botanical Gardens where she teaches courses on design and construction documents.

Location:

NYBG, Watson Room 320
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

Session Number:

263LAN520

Price:

Price Member : $914.00
Non-Member : $1,003.00

Prerequisite(s):

Landscape Design III: Planting Design
Site Materials and Details
Grading & Drainage

By signing up for this course, you acknowledge that you have successfully completed the necessary prerequisite(s).

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