On 20 September 2019, the bdla working group on the use of plants held its constituent meeting in Berlin. The committee is chaired by Prof. Dr. Swantje Duthweiler.

As bdla spokesperson for plant use, she had already initiated the bdla Plant Planner Days, which took place for the third time in Freising in June of this year.

"Plant use is a core competence of landscape architects, which clearly distinguishes our profession from structural architecture and other engineering disciplines," says Prof. Duthweiler. With the increasing density of cities, advancing climate change and growing interest in greening buildings, the use of plants is currently becoming increasingly important.

With the establishment of the working group, a platform has been created to exchange information on current developments and research results. Among other things, the results of the discussions will be incorporated into the further development of the bdla Plant Planner Days, which will take place again in Freising at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences on 26 and 27 June 2020.

A first concrete project of the working group is to develop a certification for plant knowledge and plant use.

Knowledge of plants and their use sometimes does not have the necessary status in university education that would be desirable from the point of view of the profession. Students who are interested in plant use or would like to deepen their knowledge in this field will be given the opportunity to explicitly prove their competence by obtaining a certificate. The certificate is to be realised in cooperation with various universities.

In a second step, an extended certificate with more knowledge about plant species and varieties is planned, which is intended for interested landscape architects in the sense of further training. Preparatory courses for the acquisition or deepening of plant knowledge, be it intensive courses on site or online seminars, are planned as a supplement.

Source: bdla association magazine "Landschaftsarchitekten" 4/2019

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