-Cleveland Botanical Garden
-Floriculture & Gardening Operations
-Landscape & Turf Operations
Site: Gates Mills Environmental Education Center, Cleveland Botanical Garden
Two-year program
COLLEGE TECH PREP
These programs are designed to educate the student in the area of care, cultivation and utilization of plants from a commercial, consumer and academic perspective. The curriculum is designed to prepare students for a wide array of careers in horticulture by blending academics and the technical subject areas of turf & ornamentals, greehouse production, floral design, and equipment operations. All programs are considered Tech Prep in which students have the opportunity to earn up to 6 Semester College Credits through an articulation agreement with Tri-C. Students will be required to complete a Senior Capstone project and prepare a presentation for the Tech Prep Showcase. If the student wants to cultivate the gardener side of their career then they can choose from any of the following areas:
-Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland Botanical Garden Program is for students that desire a career in landscape maintenance and public
gardening. The garden houses 10 landscaped acres of permanent, award-winning displays and themed gardens which the students use for their classroom. This program is designed for those students who wish to develop their landscaping skills, work habits, and knowledge to ultimately become successful workers in the horticulture industry and productive members of society.
-Floriculture & Gardening Operations
The Floriculture and Gardening Operations program is for students who wish to explore several areas in the green industry before entering higher education or the workforce. This program offers the basics in landscape and golf course gardening, greenhouse floral, garden center and nursey operations as well as interior plant maintenance. The program includes hands-on instruction and training by growing, maintaining, selling and designing with trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, houseplants and cut flowers. Students are encouraged to participate in a paid internship program to enhance the learning experience in specific areas.
-Landscape & Turf Operations
The Landscape & Turf Operation Course is an intensive program designed for students who are serious about employment in the landscape industry and/or to prepare themselves for further education in a college, university, or trade school. The course provides students with instruction and hands-on work both on the horticulture campus and off, in local horticulture related businesses and residential properties. Topics include landscape equipment use and maintenance; construction with stone, wood and pre-cast stone; landscape design and landscape maintenance.