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Associate of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources - Landscape Horticulture (100014)

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College - Green Bay

2740 West Mason Street, Green Bay, USA

6676

Last updated: 15/09/2024
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About Associate of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources - Landscape Horticulture (100014)

Program Description

Professionals are needed to design, install and maintain exceptional landscapes. As a Landscape Horticulture graduate, you can work with plants that are commonly used in landscapes, design landscapes, build and install hardscapes and plants, write cost estimates, perform ground maintenance, safely operate landscape and construction equipment, and have a working knowledge of the safe use of pesticides. Plus you can propagate, grow, and sell all types of ornamental and greenhouse plants. You will hone your skills in NWTC's Landscape Horticulture Learning Center located right on the Green Bay Botanical Garden grounds, giving you the unique opportunity for hands-on learning on a 47-acre ornamental lab with display gardens and natural areas. NWTC's Landscape Horticulture Associate Degree is the only Wisconsin program hosted by an accredited college that is located on a botanical garden site.

Program Outcomes:

  • Communicate within the horticulture industry.
  • Justify the selection of the appropriate woody plant(s) under the given circumstances for the project at hand.
  • Justify the selection of the appropriate herbaceous plant(s) under the given circumstances for the project at hand.
  • Execute IPM (Integrated Pest Management).
  • Prescribe and execute proper landscape maintenance plans.
  • Determine nutritional requirements of turf grasses and ornamentals.
  • Analyze soil and its influence on plant life.
  • Design and build landscapes.
  • Implement a landscape construction design plan.
  • Operate a transit.
  • Use carpentry hand and power tools.
  • Safely operate landscape equipment.
  • Operate computer hardware system.
  • Develop and deliver a landscape design presentation.
  • Use CAD (Computer Aided Design).
  • Receive training for Wisconsin Pesticide Certification exam.
  • Propagate and grow horticulture plants.
  • Use masonry hand and power tools.
  • Design and install irrigation equipment.
  • Diagnose and treat pest problems on ornamental plants.
  • Identify and maintain tropical indoor plants.
  • Utilize sustainable practices and biorational controls.
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