Explore the powerful role of color in shaping dynamic, visually compelling outdoor spaces.
Through foundational theory, learn how to use color to influence mood, create harmony, and guide the eye through the landscape. From understanding color relationships and seasonal palettes to working with foliage, blooms, and hardscape elements, this course provides the tools to design with confidence and intention. Whether crafting bold contrasts or subtle, soothing compositions, students will develop a refined sense of color that brings depth, balance, and artistry to every landscape.
Certificate Information
This is an elective course of our Landscape Design Certificate.
Course Schedule
Live-streamed sessions
Wednesdays, Juy 9–29, 2026
5:30–7:30 pm
Location
Online, live-streamed
Instructor
Jessica Wolff
Jessica Wolff is a registered Landscape Architect (PLA) based in the southeastern Pennsylvania region. Having worked at award-winning landscape architecture and planning firms, she has experience designing at various scales and with a variety of landscape architectural and planning project work types ranging from small site design to large scale master planning, urban streetscapes, residential properties, institutional and campus plans, green roofs, stormwater management design, planting design, public art installation design, and site features detailing, in addition to community-building efforts such as leading design charrettes.
In addition to her practice work, Wolff has been a design studio instructor for 11 years. She has taught courses in design, graphics, and interdisciplinary studios at The Boston Architectural College, Thomas Jefferson University, and Northeastern University. She has won awards for her teaching and has published her thesis work at The Harvard Graduate School of Design
