The Urban Landscape

University of Massachusetts  - Boston -- has just announced a new certificate program called Urban Landscape & Garden Development.  The program begins with a series of seminars Feb 3-April 28th, 2006, on subjects ranging from Boston landscape history to different cultural influences on the Boston landscape, and visions for the future.  The certificate program -- available online -- will build on the seminar series & offer a wide range of additional courses such as the psychology of the landscape, creating city gardens, plant identification, urban horticulture, and landscape as art.  For more information, call 617-287-7278; or email Susan.Griffin@umb.edu