If you are interested in heritage gardens and would like to spend ten days
studying in the 'garden city', the following immersion course is being offered
through the Cultural Resource Management Program of the University of Victoria.
Please let me know if you are interested in participating.
 
o o HERITAGE LANDSCAPE AND GARDENS
The preservation of heritage landscapes-for their own values or as a context for
heritage buildings-requires a sound understanding of the history, science,
and art of landscape and garden design and maintenance. This course
combines lectures, workshops and field trips to landscape and garden
sites in the Victoria area to explore the following topics:
 
  o defining 'heritage' landscapes
  o history and philosophy of preservation
  o approaches to preserving landscapes and criteria for restoration decision-
    making
  o preservation tools: legislation, planning easements, registration and funding
  o research techniques/sources
  o methods of site examination
  o landscape inventory/analysis
  o evaluation of extant plant materials
  o landscape archaeology
  o history of plant introduction
  o fieldwork techniques for 'reading' landscapes
  o development of plant nomenclature as it applies to historic species
   identification
  o documentation and acquisition of historic plant materials
 
An overnight study tour to the University's heritage garden site on Lake
Cowichan will be included in the course.
 
Dates:  July 6-15
Instructor:  Professor Robert Harvey teaches landscape preservation with the
Department of Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University, and serves as a
consultant to numerous preservation projects across the United States.
Fees:  Credit or Non-credit tuition - $582
 
Please contact Joy Davis for futher information:
 
E-mail [log in to unmask]; Phone (604) 721 8462; Fax (604) 721 8774
Joy Davis
Cultural Resource Management Program
University of Victoria
604-721-8462
FAx 604-721-8774
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