PTS Quiz! Planting the Language - Landscape Design Terminology!

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1. The pruning of live shrubs into decorative shapes is...
     a. Topography
     b. Topiary
     c. Bonsai

2.  What is it called when flowers "bear pistils" in order to reproduce?
     a. Pistillate
     b. Pistilling
     c. Puttin' on the Ritz

3.  What is a symmetrical geometrically patterned garden called?
     a. Picasso Garden
     b. Obsessive Compulsive Garden
     c.  Knot Garden

4.  The small, ornamental, terminal features at the top of a gable, fence post, lamp, lamppost, stone wall, etc. are called?
     a. Post caps
     b. Those topper things
     c. Finials


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PTL Planting the Language - Landscape Design and Gardening Terminology

PTL QUIZ!


1. Plant species that tend to spread out of control?
     a. In-law
     b. Invasive
     c. Aggressive

2.  Symmetrically Designed Garden using Geometric Patterns
     a. Knot Garden
     b. Geology Garden
     c. Mirror Garden

3.  What are creepers?
     a. TLC
     b. That weird guy who keeps messaging you on facebook.
     c.  Viny plants that generally grow close to the ground

4. A mixture of decaying organic matter.
     a. Compound
     b. Baldwin County Landfill
     c. Compost


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PTL - Planting the Langauge- Landscape Design and Plant Terminology - WORD JUMBLE!

Landscape Design Word Jumble

Planting The Seed!

Unscramble the words and use the underlined letters to reveal the hidden message!

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The Very First PTS Landscape and Plant Terminology Crossword!

Print it out and do your best! See if you can get all 10!Planting the Language - Crossword I

Planting The Seed

Landscape Design, Gardening, and Plant Terminology

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Across 3. The stylistic period of the late 16th and 17th centuries, theatrical, dense, energetic and often quite confused and confusing, which loves pomp, illusion and drama. 6. The greener parts of landscape design, the part requiring watering, weeding and mowing. 7. A particular Japanese garden style, usually found in Zen Buddhist temples, often made from only raked white sand and boulders, creating a "mindscape" meant to aid meditation. 9. Straight path in a garden, often lined with trees. 10. Trees or bushes trimmed into ornamental shapes. In French gardens, they were usually trimmed into geometric shapes; in modern gardens, often cut into cute bunnies or puppy dogs.

Down 1. The architectural equivalent of a highway scenic overlook: a room or enclosure from which to view a landscape to advantage. 2. A modern word describing any process that does not use up more of something than it is possible to gain in return. 4. The use of gravel in place of grass to obviate constant watering. 5. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening. 8. The classical idealized landscape, usually with nymphs and swains. It is the pagan equivalent to Paradise.

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