Associate degrees in Plant Nursery Operations and Management: A program that prepares individuals to operate and manage outdoor plant farms, tree and shrub nurseries, and related facilities that develop domesticated plant products for propagation, harvesting, and transplantation. Includes instruction in applicable principles of plant science; farm and business management; nursery operations; equipment operation and maintenance; safety procedures; and personnel supervision.
The course of study is designed to give the students instruction in nursery operation, principles of ornamental horticulture, plant identification, the use of horticulture machines, and business practices in the ornamental horticulture industry.
Students who complete the curriculum satisfactorily are qualified for employment in wholesale and retail nursery businesses as growers, propagators, salespeople, and seed workers. Graduates of this program...
Nursery Management is an ideal field for people with a "green thumb." Students work in a two-acre nursery area of the COS farm, propagating plants in the three large greenhouses, growing and maintaining house or garden plants, and learning to package them attractively for sale to retail and wholesale industries. Job opportunities in this field include nursery manager, owner and salesperson, grower production foreman, turf specialist, landscape estimator,...
Students enrolled in the Nursery Technology major pursue careers in the wholesale production and retail sales of horticultural crops. Coursework will focus on plant propagation, greenhouse plant production, and horticultural practices related to production and sales of landscape and greenhouse plant material. Students entering the nursery industry, those already employed but seeking upgraded skills, and those wishing to transfer to Cal Poly or other...
Curriculum leads to a Nursery Management Associate in Arts Degree and entry-level positions in retail and wholesale nurseries, parks departments, and landscape contracting.
Complete 18 units from the following list:
HORT 001 F Principles of Horticulture I 4
HORT 002 F Principles of Horticulture II 4
HORT 152 F Applied Botany 4
HORT 153 F Landscape Irrigation 3
HORT 155 F Soils 3
HORT 156 F Plant Nutrition 3
HORT 160 F Plant Identification (Ornamental...
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