WELCOME TO MERRITT COLLEGE LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE
(Updated 8/10//22)

Announcement

The Spring 2022 Academic Class Schedule is HERE

The Fall 2022 Aesthetic Pruning 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 CLASSESNo 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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DIRECTIONS/HOURS
Driving: From the Warren Freeway, HWY 13 South, left off of Redwood Road exit; from HWY 13 North, exit Carson Street, forward to top of hill, right on Redwood Rd.; from MacArthur Freeway, 580 East, exit and turn left onto 35th Avenue, in 1.7 miles, 35th Ave. becomes Redwood Road. Drive.06 miles up the hill from the Redwood Shopping Center (near Hwy 13 exits/where 35th becomes Redwood), and turn right on Campus Drive. Drive .07 mi., the campus will be on left. Left turn into the first of the two loop road entrances, then take immediate left onto road before childcare center. Drive .1 mi.; you’ll see tennis courts on your right. Turn left to Horticulture dept. auto gate, which opens automatically when we’re open. If it does not open during scheduled class time, please notify us immediately at (510) 436-2418 (main office) or 436-2491 (field office).
Public TransitAC Transit Line 54 runs reliably, every 15- 20 minutes from Fruitvale BART Station via 35th Avenue and Redwood Rd.  Public transportation info at 511.org
Hours: For Spring 2021 and the dwindling Fall 2020 semester, we are frequently here on site, and visits may be arranged. 


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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.