Overview
Horticulture refers to the production, care, management and marketing of plants such as flowers, shrubs, trees, bulbs and turf. Training includes instruction and practice in techniques and methods of plant propagation, transplanting, pruning, cultivation, fertilization and greenhouse production, as well as plant identification and insect control.
Students learn basic landscape design through the use of brick, stone and wood in the construction of walks, walls and fences as well as the construction of new lawns, mowing, fertilization and insect and disease control. Instruction is given in operating various horticulture hand and power equipment, such as mowers, tractors, rototillers and other garden tools.
The goal of the Horticulture course is to provide a student with entry level skills to be employable as Horticulturist or Groundskeeper. It offers self-paced individualized instruction to develop student competencies in entry level skills as defined by modules.
A New York State Department of Labor Apprenticeship Program and NCCER Certification Training Program are available.
- Floral Designer
- Gardener Worker
- Golf Course Laborer
- Greenhouse Laborer
- Greenhouse Worker
- Groundskeeper (Industrial-Commercial)
- Horticulture Specialist Grower (Field)
- Horticulture Specialist Grower (Inside)
- Horticulture Worker
- Inventory Clerk
- Landscape Gardener
- Landscape Laborer
- Nursery Worker (Laborer)
- Plant Care Worker
- Plant Propagator
- Segmental Paver
- Tool Crib Attendant
There are no admission requirements.