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Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance Certificate Agriculture & Natural Resources Total Units: 22
Term Effective: Summer 2025

Description:

The Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance Certificate of Achievement program deals with all aspects of plant use and site enhancements in the landscape. This is the most advanced level certificate in the Landscaping program.

People working in the landscape field derive job satisfaction from enhancing the function and beauty of the environment while being physically active outdoors or helping support that activity in allied sales and service occupations. Landscape work involves construction and planting projects, irrigation system design and water management, and specialty fields such as turf management, tree care, and interiorscapes. This program provides an introductory base of plant knowledge and landscape skills, allowing students the option of entering a variety of jobs with the preparation for rapid advancement within their chosen occupations. The program emphasizes hands-on learning and most courses incorporate lab activities that apply knowledge and skills in realistic settings. The program is actively supported by the local horticulture industry.

The Horticulture industry, which involves the growing, selling, planting and servicing of plants and landscapes for human environments, is one of the fastest growing industries in America. The landscape industry in California is one of the state's largest industries. University studies have consistently found this dynamic, growing sector represents over $12 billion in sales and 130,000 employees. In addition, designed and maintained landscapes cover more than 1.6 million acres in California.

In Sonoma County the landscape industry has expanded dramatically in the last decade. Private and commercial property values are enhanced by professionally installed landscapes, and the services of large and small landscape firms are in high demand. In addition, a significant number of independent, entrepreneurial landscape/garden designers offer services throughout the county.

This industry-wide expansion has been accompanied by an increase in the demand for employees who can deal with all aspects of the landscape. Men and women who possess landscape management skills are qualified to advance into supervisory and management positions within landscape contracting firms, design or landscape construction companies, municipal, state, county, and federal agencies, entrepreneurial landscape maintenance enterprises, and other occupations that require the application of plant knowledge, drafting/design, irrigation design, and landscape construction skills.

This program of study is also available as an Associate degree major option.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:

  1. Create a materials takeoff for hardscape features;
  2. Develop the skills to perform landscape contractor construction skills;
  3. Demonstrate proper landscape plant maintenance practices;
  4. Develop proper water efficient practices in the landscape; and
  5. Assess plants for landscape purposes.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance Certificate program are:

  • Complete 22 units from
    • Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance Requirements

Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance Requirements - complete 22.00 units
HORT 8Landscape Plants: Summer/Fall3.00
HORT 12Landscape Plants: Winter/Spring3.00
HORT 51Introduction to Horticulture3.00
HORT 80Sustainable Landscape Management3.00
HORT 91Landscape Construction/Estimation3.00
HORT 144Landscape Irrigation3.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 1.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
AGRI 98Independent Study in Agriculture1.00
AGRI 99IAgriculture Internship1.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
AGBU 2Agricultural Computer Applications3.00
AGBU 56Introduction to Agriculture Business and Management3.00
AGBU 61Agricultural Marketing3.00
AGRI 60Soil & Plant Nutrition3.00
HORT 70Plant Propagation3.00
HORT 71Nursery Production3.00
HORT 93Landscape Drafting and Design3.00

Term Effective: Summer 2025

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

It is important that students who are completing an Associate Degree and desire to transfer to a four-year institution meet with a counselor to plan their lower division coursework. While many majors at SRJC are intended to align with lower division major preparation required by California public universities, specific lower-division major requirements vary among individual campuses. See a counselor, visit the Transfer Center, and check Guides For Transfer in Specific Majors, and ASSIST to review transfer preparation guides for specific schools and majors.

Notes:

Only one unit of AGRI 98 Independent Study or AGRI 99I Work Experience/Internship is required, but students may elect to take additional units.

Contact
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