Horticulture: Landscape Management, Certificate of Achievement

Upon successful completion of the Horticulture - Landscape Management Certificate, the student demonstrates skills, knowledge, and training to take the State Landscape Association Certified Technicians test or for employment positions in the following: groundskeeper, landscape installer, landscape maintenance, pruner, and starting a personal business. The student demonstrates his or her ability to: plant plants, mow lawns, fertilize plant material, prune trees and shrubs, basic landscape design, identify plant pests, identify plants and bid a job.

Minimum Units Required: 39

First Semester

Units

HORT 001

Fundamentals of Horticulture

3

HORT 002

Identification of Fall Plants

3

HORT 024

Principles of Landscape Design

3

HORT 070

Pruning of Ornamental Plants

1

Second Semester

HORT 003

Identification of Spring Plants

3

HORT 023

Landscape Irrigation and Drainage

3

HORT 006

Horticulture Management

3

AGBUS 013

Agriculture and Natural Resource Mathematics

3

Third Semester

HORT 005

Introduction to Plant Pests and Diseases

3

HORT 020

Landscape Maintenance

3

HORT 071

Xeriscaping

1

Fourth Semester

HORT 021

Landscape Construction

3

HORT 022

Turf Practices

3

PLANT 014

Soil Science

4

Minimum Units 39

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