Information Package / Course Catalogue
Planting Design
Course Code: PM309
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to understand the importance of planting design by understanding the functional properties of plants in landscape design, to learn design elements and principles with planting design examples, to gain the knowledge, skills and competence to design using plants and to develop alternative solutions in planting design.

Course Content

The course content includes emphasizing the importance of planting design, functional uses of plants, spatial effects of plants, planting design elements and principles, planting design process, sample project demonstrations and planting design practices. Course assessment is based on written examinations, course participation/performance and assignment studies. In-term assessment accounts for 40% of the total grade and consists of course participation/performance, assignment studies and the mid-term examination. The end-of-term assessment consists of the final examination, accounting for 60% of the total grade. Students retaking the course are responsible for all assessment components defined within the current academic year. Accordingly, they are required to complete the assignment studies, course participation/performance activities, mid-term examination and final examination again.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Çiğdem KILIÇASLAN DENİZ
Learning Outcomes
1.To explain the place of planting design in landscape architecture together with the spatial, aesthetic and environmental functions of plants.
2.To relate the visual, spatial and seasonal characteristics of plant material to design elements.
3.To select plants appropriate to the design purpose by evaluating their functional, environmental and spatial characteristics.
4.To develop planting design decisions at different scales by using planting design elements and principles.
5.To visually and technically express planting design decisions through different scales and representation techniques.
6.To present the planting design project visually and in writing, together with its design decisions and justifications.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Robinson, N., 1992. The Planting Design Handbook. Gower Publishing Company, Ltd., Aldershot, Hampshire.
2.Walker, T.D., 1991. Planting Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
3.Austin, R.,L., 1982, Designing With Plants, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, USA.
4.Yıldırım, B. T., Güney, A., Türel S. H. Ve Kılıçaslan Ç., 2006. Bitkisel Tasarım. Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü, ISBN: 9944 5419 0 7, Üniversiteliler Matbaası, Bornova
5.Güngör, İ. H., 2005. Temel Tasar (Basic Design), ESEN OFSET Matbaası- İkitelli/ İSTANBUL
6.Booth, N.K., 1983. Basic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design. Waveland Press, Inc. Prospect Heights, Illinois.
7.Aslanboğa, İ. ve O. Gündüz, 1986. Kentlerde Yol Ağaçlaması. TÜBİTAK Yapı Araştırma Enstitüsü, Yayın No: U3, Ankara
8.Karanfil, F. N. 2024. İklim Duyarlı Bitkisel Peyzaj Tasarım Yaklaşımı: İstanbul Üzerine Düşünmek. İBB Kütüphane ve Müzeler Müdürlüğü.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
The aim, scope, course structure, assessment and evaluation process of the course, and the place of planting design in landscape architecture education
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
The concept of planting design; the place of plants in landscape architecture, the purposes for which they are used in design, and the importance of planting design
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Plant typology; the role of groundcovers, shrubs, small trees and trees in design; the spatial effects of plants at ground level and up to knee height
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
The effects of plants between knee–waist height and up to eye level on visibility, movement and human scale
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Evaluation of plants above eye level in terms of spatial perception, sense of enclosure, canopy effect and human scale
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Functional uses of plants: space formation, visual control, physical control, orientation and screening
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Functional uses of plants: evaluation in terms of climate control, noise control, air quality, erosion control and traffic engineering
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Planting design elements: point and line; examination of related examples and drawing studies
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Planting design elements: form, texture and color; the use of the visual and seasonal characteristics of plant material in design, examination of related examples and drawing studies
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Planting design principles: explanation of the principles of repetition and balance in planting design; examination of related examples and practical studies
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Planting design principles: proportion, emphasis and variety; examination of related examples and drawing studies
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Planting design principles: contrast, harmony and gradation; examination of related examples and drawing studies
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Planting design process: stages of the planting design process, examination of examples and in-class evaluations
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Planting design process: visual and written expression of planting design decisions; evaluation through selected examples
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Assignment2%20
Midterm Examination1%15
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Assignment221840
Midterm Examination111112
Final Examination116117
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026