WELCOME TO MERRITT COLLEGE LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE
(Updated 8/10//22)
Announcement |
The Spring 2022 Academic Class Schedule is HERE
Our Saturday fee-based pruning classes are continuing to meet online during the fall semester. All of the classes meet 9:30a.m. – 12:30p.m. via Zoom. The registration fee for 3-hour classes is only $45. Enrollment is through PayPal at this page: www.landhortnursery.org/fee-based-courses.
OUR PROGRAMS are designed to prepare students for work in all horticultural fields: Arboriculture; Landscape Design & Construction; Landscape Architecture; Parks & Maintenance; Nursery & Greenhouse Management; Floral Design; Aesthetic Pruning; Permaculture; Cannabis cultivation.
Read:
• DEGREES & CERTIFICATES
• COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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FEE-BASED NON-CREDIT CLASSES = No homework NO grades. No semester-long commitment. No lengthy online application. Open to all, these non-credit, pay-as-you-go classes are fun and enriching regardless of experience or knowledge level. Aesthetic Pruning, Landscape Sketching, Floral Design, Cannabis Cultivation… Find the Aesthetic Pruning class schedule above, but we’ll be offering other fee-based classes this spring, and once we’ve set the dates, info will be posted here. Fee-based class enrollment is now done through PayPal on this secure page on our LandHort Nursery website.
Read: FEE-BASED CLASS PAGE
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Our URBAN ARBORICULTURE program kicked off in Fall 2018, and the students will tell you it’s a great place to learn all there is to know about urban forestry. We offer two certificate levels: Tree Care Specialist (21 units) and Tree Climber Specialist (41 units), and an Arboriculture Associate of Science degree (41 major units + general education requirements).
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CLASS SCHEDULES/Important dates: Besides regularly checking your Peralta-issued student email (you can easily set up forwarding so they’ll go to your preferred email!) for news and reminders, it’s also a good idea to regularly log-in to your Passport Student Center to check for notifications specific to your class schedule (such as the date enrollment opens for you, early drop dates for short-term classes, or even changes to your schedule). And remember that the online searchable class schedule is your source for the most up-to-date info (sometimes classes are even added to the schedule!).
Find our most current class schedules at the top of the page.
View some of our recent class schedules below (Classes scheduling tends to follow a pattern every 2 years).
Academic Classes
• S21 LANHT/ENVMT Class Schedule
• FALL 2020 LANHT/ENVMT Academic Class Schedule
• SPRING 2020 Academic Class Schedule
• FALL 2019 Academic Class Schedule
• SUMMER 2019 Academic Class Schedule
Fee-based Classes
• S21 Aesthetic Pruning Class Schedule
• The Fall 2020 Pruning Class Schedule is HERE
• The Spring 2019 Pruning class schedule is HERE
• The Spring 2019 Floral Design class schedule is HERE
For detailed curriculum information, visit our COURSES and Degrees and Certificates pages. Download a pdf file of our program offerings HERE. Plan ahead- THIS pdf shows projected class scheduling (day/evening fall/spring) through 2020 (everything being subject to change).
For up-to-date course descriptions and degree/certificate info, see below links.
For more detail on department events, history, news, etc., visit www.merrittlandhort.com
Merritt College Horticulture alum Frank Snapp- creator and caretaker of the 40th St. median strips
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS HERE
DEGREE DESCRIPTIONS HERE
ASSOCIATE OF THE ARTS:
• Landscape Architecture
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE (specialist + general ed.):
• Associate of Science in Arboriculture
• Landscape Design and Construction Specialist
• Landscape and Parks Maintenance Specialist
• Nursery Management Specialist
CERTIFICATE DESCRIPTIONS HERE
CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT:
• Basic Landscape Horticulture
• Tree Care Specialist (New Arboriculture program)
• Tree Climber Specialist (New Arboriculture program)
• Intermediate Landscape Design and Construction
• Intermediate Landscape and Parks Maintenance
• Intermediate Nursery Management
• Landscape Design and Construction Specialist
• Landscape and Parks Maintenance Specialist
• Nursery Management Specialist
CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY:
• Permaculture; Cannabis cultivation Design
FEE-BASED CLASSES
(NON-CREDIT pay-as you-go)
Fee-based class registration is now done through PayPal at THIS PAGE on our Landhort Nursery website
Floral Design and Aesthetic Pruning Class information and schedule archives may be found on the fee-based class page.