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Landscape Practices CC
Horticulture Department | 3 CC - Certificate of Completion | 6 months
Learn the fundamentals on how to care for the landscape and the soil that inhabits it with the Landscape Practices certificate from Clackamas Community College.
Do you love working outdoors? Our Landscape Practices Certificate will prepare you for work to improve the health, function and physical appearance of green living spaces throughout the community in the landscaping industry. Get hands-on experience and learn pest control, irrigation, plant identification and best landscaping practices in our one year program.
For horticulture advising, please Contact April Chastain at 503-594-3292 or april.chastain@clackamas.edu
Landscape Practices CC
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Understand sustainable landscape maintenance and installation activities
- Apply principles of soil science to make decisions in the maintenance of landscapes
- Recognize and evaluate pests in the landscape and propose solutions
Careers
As a graduate of our Landscape Practices program, you will be prepared to work in a skilled landscape technician position for a:
- landscape design/build company
- estate garden
- parks department
- tree care company
- golf course
- as a self-employed maintenance contractor
Link to additional Landscape career options.
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National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP)
It is the only nationally recognized endorsement offered to colleges with landscape/horticulture curricula. It is designed to recognize schools with landscape contracting curricula that meet or exceed industry standards. Visit the NALP web site.
PROGRAM CODE: CC.LANDSCAPEPRAC
The Landscape Practices certificate prepares students to work in the landscaping industry by providing them with hands-on experience, and a basic understanding of the activities involved in the installation and maintenance of landscapes.
Sustainable practices, such as the use of Integrated Pest Management, water efficient landscapes, and techniques that protect and care for the soil are emphasized throughout the program. Students use industry standard equipment and practices in the care of CCC’s extensive landscape facilities, including an arboretum, water-efficient demonstration garden, large turf areas, and several annual, herbaceous perennial and shrub beds.
CCC’s landscape program is the only one in Oregon accredited by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). Students have the opportunity to compete on the team that attends NALP’s National Collegiate Landscape Competition each year.
Following the course offerings in the order listed is not required, but will allow for completion in a one-year period.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- demonstrate competency in sustainable landscape maintenance and installation activities, including: safe use of tools and equipment, operation of irrigation systems, pruning and training techniques, turf maintenance, hardscape installation and reading/installing from a design plan;
- identify common woody and herbaceous plants in the landscape;
- recognize key pests in the landscape and follow IPM strategies;
- use a basic understanding of soil science to make sound decisions in the maintenance of landscapes.
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT
Some horticulture classes transfer to Oregon State University as part of a bachelor’s degree. Landscape students planning to continue their studies at a four-year college should consult the Horticulture advisor to obtain the most recent transfer information.
Landscape Practices Core Requirements
Complete 3 credits of HOR-280
- HOR-280
- Horticulture/CWE
- 3
Complete the following Core Requirements
- HOR-115
- Horticulture Safety
- 1
- HOR-120
- Pesticide Laws & Safety
- 1
- HOR-123
- Landscape Maintenance
- 3
- HOR-131
- Tree & Shrub Pruning
- 3
- HOR-140
- Soils
- 3
- HOR-216
- Integrated Pest Management
- 3
- HOR-224
- Landscape Installation
- 3
- HOR-226
- Plant Identification/Fall
- 4
- HOR-228
- Plant Identification/Spring
- 4
- HOR-229
- Introduction to Landscape Design
- 3
- HOR-230
- Equipment Operation & Maintenance
- 2
- HOR-235
- Weed Identification
- 2
- HOR-236
- Insect Identification
- 2
- HOR-237
- Disease Identification
- 2
- HOR-240
- Irrigation Practices
- 3
