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Landscape Design Series

Author: Lorilee Kunze

Planning Unit: Bullitt County CES

Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture

Plan of Work: Home & Consumer Horticulture

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

As Bullitt County continues to urbanize there is a need for homeowner education in landscape design. To meet this need the Bullitt County Extension Horticulture Program created a four part Landscape Design Series. The four part program covered topics such as design principles, installation, plant materials and maintenance. Participants in the program reported gaining skills in landscape design and six months after the class 59% of the participants had executed or begun landscape design projects on their properties. According to the American Society of Landscape Architects landscape appeal can increase a homes value by up to 10%, on a $170,000 home that value can increase by $25,500. In addition, an energy efficient landscape design can decrease energy consumption in a home (by strategic shading, wind breaks and insulating plantings) by up to 16% (an average of about $375 annually).                                                                                                                                                                                                               






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