LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MERIT BADGE WORKSHEET BYU ...

Scout’s Name Instructor’s Name
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
MERIT BADGE WORKSHEET
BYU MERIT BADGE POWWOW
Scout’s Address City State Zip
Instructions
1) The Scout is to review the merit badge book before the first Saturday of the PowWow.
2) Bring this work sheet, paper, and a pen or a pencil each week.
Requirement Instructions*
1) Requirement 1 will be passed off during the two sessions of PowWow.
2) Requirement 2 will be passed off during the two sessions of PowWow.
3) Requirement 3 should be completed as homework between the two sessions of PowWow
4) Requirement 4 will be passed off during the two sessions of PowWow.
5) Requirement 5 will be passed off during the two sessions of PowWow.
* Due to possible time constraints at the PowWow, certain requirements that were originally planned to be completed in class
may need to be completed as homework. Please listen to all instructions in class to be aware of any changes.
Requirement 1 Initial
Go to a completed landscape project that a landscape architect has designed.
-Before you visit the site, obtain a plan of the design from the landscape architect if one is available.
Requirement 2 Initial
After completing requirement 1, discuss the following with your merit badge counselor:
a.Tell whether the design had separate spaces, a clear path system, and sun and shade variety.
b.Discuss how the designated seating, eating, or parking area suited the overall design.
c.Explain how the design reflected consideration for the comfort, shelter, and security of the users.
d.Discuss how the choice of trees, shrubs, and ground covers used in the project contributed to its appeal and function
Requirement 3 Initial
Identify FIVE shrubs, FIVE trees, and ONE ground cover, being sure that you select examples of different shapes, sizes and
textures. With the help of your counselor or a local nursery, choose plants that will grow in your area. Bring pictures of the
different planting materials or, if possible, examples of their branches, leaves, or flowers to a troop meeting. Be prepared to
tell how you might use each in the design of a landscape.
Shrub Name:
Shrub Name:
Shrub Name:
Shrub Name:
Shrub Name:
Tree Name:
Tree Name:
Tree Name:
Tree Name:
Tree Name:
Ground Cover:

Requirement 4 Initial
Look at and study a place of worship or school grounds to find the place where most people arrive by bus or car.
Show you can do the following:
a. Using a measuring tape, measure and draw the entry and its nearby area using a scale of 1/8 inch equal to 1 foot on an 11by-17
inch piece of paper. Be sure to include the driveway and the wall and door where people enter the school or place of
worship.
b. Indicate any sidewalks, structures, trees, and plants within the study area. Make a copy of this plan to save the original,
then do 4b and 4c using the copies.
c. On one copy, use directional arrows to indicate where the water drains across the site, where ditches occur, and where
water stands for a longer period of time.
Requirement 5 Initial
Decide how you can make the place safer and more comfortable for those using it. Redesign the area on another copy of the
plan. You may want to include new walks, covered waiting areas, benches, space-defining plantings of trees and shrubs, and
drainage structures.
Requirement 6 Initial
Find out about three career opportunities in landscape architecture.
1.
2.
3.
Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession.
Career:
Education:
Training:
Experience:
Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.
Merit badge worksheets will not be accepted at the Council Office in place of the official Merit
Badge Application Card. Those who do not complete all the requirements should take their
partially completed merit badge worksheet and their official application card to their local merit
badge counselors for completion.
You’ve registered for one of these Hornaday merit badges at this PowWow and are invited to attend a
special session immediately following each day of PowWow classes on how to make your Eagle Project
count for a Hornaday Badge, as well. Please join us in CB 256, just off of the registration area, from
12:30-1:30 pm.