Horticulture and Landscape Technologies

Certificates

• Certificate Information
• Horticulture/Landscape Certificate I
  • HLT 101 Introduction to Horticulture
    Introduces the biology of horticultural plants, and basic horticultural practices. Four credits
    
    
  • HLT 125 Landscape Drafting and Design
    Allows students that with to learn the basics of landscape design and planning so that they can produce simple gardens, or interpret plans for construction. The course discusses the principles and elements of design by looking at various landscape styles. Students learn the design process and basics of landscape graphics. They produce simple, scaled landscape drawing, and learn to interpret landscape plans for construction. Three credits.
    
    
  • HLT 105 Greenhouse Management & Crops
    Discusses greenhouse design, systems, management, and the major greenhouse crops and their cultural needs. Four credits.
    
    
  • HLT 126 Planting Design
    Allows students to focus on the planting design phase of landscape design. Students learn to analyze plants for their design characters, and learn how to marry various types of plant materials into various situations. Perennial, annual, and mixed plantings (trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants) will be considered. Students will learn how to represent these combinations graphically. Two credits.
    
    
  • HLT 180 Internship
    Provides students with the opportunity to supplement course work with practical work experience related to their educational program. Students work under the immediate supervision of experienced personnel at the business location and with the direct guidance of the instructor/coordinator. Three credits.