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园艺

Learn the art and science of growing and managing plants

The horticulture program at Tidewater Community College can help you grow your passion into a career. 园艺 requires an understanding of science and business, and 移行细胞癌’s program emphasizes both. Our curriculum provides a full range of instruction, from growing plants to designing and managing landscapes, to ensure you have a well-rounded background. As preparation for work in horticulture, our students get hands-on training in 移行细胞癌’s 园艺 laboratory, 设计 CAD lab and three campus greenhouses where they learn to grow floriculture crops and create professional landscape designs.

学期:
4
学分:
61
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地点:
切萨皮克校园
Associate of Applied 科学 - 园艺

移行细胞癌’s Associate of Applied 科学 in 园艺 combines science, 技术, and business with hands-on, laboratory work to prepare you for a thriving career in this growing field.
Explore courses ranging from planting design and plant propagation to pest management and arboriculture. 学生 can specialize in landscape design, landscape management, and plant production.

学期:
4
学分:
24
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地点:
切萨皮克校园
Career Studies Certificate - Landscape 管理

Discover the professional standards used to care for trees, 的地盘, and plants including conservation landscaping, 栖息地的恢复, and stormwater management.

学期:
4
学分:
24
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地点:
切萨皮克校园
Career Studies Certificate - 工厂生产

Develop skills and knowledge to propagate different types of plants from seed, 岩屑, budding and grafting, 分离, 部门, 分层, 和水培法. Graduates are prepared to work in greenhouses, 托儿所, 花园中心, and other retail and wholesale growing enterprises.

学生 will have the opportunity to gain industry certifications through course work, including:

  • Private, Registered, and/or the Commercial Pesticide License with Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer 服务s (VDACS) offered in HRT 125.
  • Certified Fertilizer Applicator License with VDACS offered in HRT 269.
  • ISA Certified Arborist exam preparation offered in HRT 259.

Is this program for you?

是的,如果你:
  • like working with your hands
  • 欣赏植物
  • enjoy working as part of a team