Landscape Horticulture
Overview
- Delivery: Daytime
- Start: Fall or Spring Semester, Full- or Part-Time
- Location: Rosemount Campus
Outcomes
- Landscape Horticulture — A.A.S. Degree 72 credits
- Landscape Horticulture — Diploma 65 credits
Major Description
This program provides the technical and business skills needed to succeed in the landscape industry. First-year students learn the basic science and technical skills related to all fields of landscape horticulture. Second-year students can specialize in one of three interest areas:
- Design and Sales
- Landscape Construction
- Plant Production (nursery and greenhouse)
Work Environment
Landscape professionals design, install and care for residential, commercial and public landscapes. They find work in nurseries, greenhouses, garden centers as well as in exterior and interior landscape or maintenance firms.
Potential Job Titles
- Turf Manager
- Grounds Manager
- Horticultural Worker
- Gardener
- Landscape Specialist
- Landscape Designer
- Hardscape Technician
- Plant Production Specialist
Salary Data
- Average wage: $13.96/hour
- Top Earners: $20.96/hour
(Seven-county metro area—iseek.org)
Accreditation
The Landscape Horticulture program is nationally accredited by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), the industry's top national trade organization. The program is currently the only PLANET accredited program in Minnesota.
Professional Organizations
Students may participate as student members in both state and national organizations for professional growth and leadership experience.
- Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA)
- assistance with passing MNLA Certified Professional examination
- MNLA offers two scholarships to DCTC students each year
- PLANET
- annual participation in national PLANET Student Career Days
- PLANET offers competitive scholarships to DCTC students
- DCTC Landscape Horticulture Club
Web Site
Visit the Landscape and Horticulture Web site to access more information, including testimonials, newsletters, blogs, announcements, student employment and instructor biographies.
Videos
Watch Video DCTC "turned over a new leaf" with its Green Campus Commitment and the grand opening of the Landscape Horticulture program's state-of-the-art greenhouse on Nov. 14, 2007.
Academic Advisor
- Alison Tauer
Academic Advisor
alison.tauer@dctc.edu
651-423-8384
Dean
- Sherralyn Cox
Dean of Design and Health/Human Services
Instructors
| Jeffrey Kleinboehl | 651-423-8478 | jeffrey.kleinboehl@dctc.edu | BIO |
| Matthew Brooks | 651-423-8392 | matthew.brooks@dctc.edu | BIO |
