Unit: 1. Horticulture, Landscaping and Silviculture

​AGRIBUSINESS MQF LEVEL 1

Learning Outcome: 1. I can describe the basic principles of Gardening, Landscaping and Silviculture

1. Identify the hand tools and safety equipment used in horticulture, landscaping and silviculture
WRITING

• Tools: hoe; gardening fork; gardening shears; pruning shears; rake; shovel; spade; pruning hand saw; hedging shears; sickle; wheel burrow; dibber; grafting knife; sprayer; water hose; tape measure.

• Health and Safety Equipment: Work gloves; safety shoes; face mask with pesticide filter; visor/safety glasses.

2 List the different types of natural habitats in Malta.
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING

• Maltese natural Habitats: eg. High Maquis, Maquis, Garrigue, Steppe, Sand Dunes, Coastal, Riverine, Salt Marshes.

3 Identify the basic principles and elements of a good garden design.
ONLINE RESEARCH
Factors:

• Spatial Organisation


• Colour Scheme


• Focal Point


• Visual Balance

1 Match different public gardens with type of garden on following site analysis.
DIGITAL PRESENTATION

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  Public Gardens in Malta:  eg. San Anton Garden, Argotti Gardens, The Chinese Garden of Serenity, Upper Barrakka, Lower Barrakka Gardens, Buskett, Foresta 2000, Sa Maison Gardens, Ta' Qali National Park, Palazzo Parisio, St. Philip Garden.

1  Practice use of tools used in horticulture, landscaping and silviculture under supervision in line with instructions using PPE.
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING

• Tools: hoe; gardening fork; gardening shears; rake; spade; pruning hand saw; hedging shears; dibber; sprayer; tape measure.

Learning Outcome: 2. I can identify of the most commonly used plants used in Horticulture, Landscaping and Silviculture in Malta

4 Identify a common Maltese indigenous plant used in landscaping from each plant type.
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Plant type:

• Forestry trees


• Fruit trees


• Large and medium sized shrubs 

• Small shrubs 

5 List commonly used alien and invasive plants in the Maltese Islands.
 WRITING

• eg: cacti (including prickly pear), eucalyptus, oleander, ficus (except for carica), geranium, century plant, acacia

2 Select suitable plants for a given garden.
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
Small garden in which a selection of the following are planted:

• seasonals


• herbs/ small shrubs


• 
  large shrubs/ trees
  

2 Place a number of plants to construct a seasonal flower or herb garden as a landscaping exercise.
 EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING

• As according to your design under supervision in line with instructions using PPE.

Learning Outcome: 3. I can identify the importance of soil in horticulture and landscaping.

6 List different plant growth media.
ONLINE RESEARCH

• Growing media: soil; compost; peat; vermiculite, coconut fibre, perlite.

7 List the different types of soils found in the Maltese Islands.
LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING

• 
  Types of soil: Tal-Bajjad, Hamrani, Ramli,Tafli.
  

3 Read a soil test report and follow any given instructions to improve soil fertility.
ONLINE RESEARCH

• Observe deficiencies.

• Observe adjustments needed


• Link adjustments needed to required fertiliser.

Learning Outcome: 4. I can compare asexual and sexual plant propagation techniques

8 Match plants according to propagation technique.
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

• Propagation techniques: by seed, by cutting, by division, by layering.

4 Contrast sexual and asexual propagation in plants.
WRITING

• Sexual propagation from seeds: pollination, seed formation, planting a seed in a growing medium.


• 
  Asexual propagation: stem cuttings (Hedera helix, Geranium sp., Coleus sp. Rosemary, succulents), leaf cuttings (succulents), Layering (Hedera helix or Ficus carica or Clematis cirrhosa) and Division (Asphidistra or Sansevieria sp. or  Farfugium japonicum or Spathiphyllum sp. or Smilax aspera)
  

3 Propagate a range of ornamental/crop plants in a controlled environment under supervision in line with instructions using PPE.
 COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

• Propagation techniques: by seed, by cutting, by division, by layering.

Learning Outcome: 5. I can identify the effect of abiotic factors in plant growth

9 Identify the importance of light and water to different plant processes.
WRITING

• Light - photosynthesis


• Water - nutrient transport

10 Identify the symbols of the Major and Micro nutrients.
DATA ORGANIZATION

• 
  Major nutrients: nitrogen; phosphorus and potassium
  


• Micro nutrients: sulphur; chlorine; calcium; iron; magnesium.

5 Match different a crop and an ornamental plant with climate suitability.
DATA ORGANIZATION

• Climate: Tropical; dry; moderate; continental.

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