With the continuous development of urban garden construction, landscape architecture professional education needs to constantly explore new teaching methods to improve students’ comprehensive ability, particularly the practical ability in the application of knowledge in various ground conditions. Here we studied the course of “Turf and Ground Cover” to compared its teaching content, teaching methods, course assessment and evaluation as well as process assessment materials before and after reform. The study showed that the reform of course assessment, by increasing practical and process-based evaluations, had effectively boosted students’ learning interest and practical operation skills. This study provides a demonstrable experience for the reform of other courses in the future.