Plant and Garden History

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
F/507/3033
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
25 hours

Assessment Guidance

N/A

Unit Learning Outcomes

1

Understand the development of garden design through history.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1
    Explain and analyse the characteristics of a range of historical garden styles.
2

Understand changes and developments in horticulture and plant use within a historical context.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1
    Analyse the developments in horticulture and plant use that have taken place throughout a given period of garden history.
3

Understand the history of plants and garden making in a socio-political and economic context.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1
    Analyse the socio-political and economic factors that have influenced the design and development of gardens.