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Are you a creative person who loves to be outside? Check out Landscape Design and Management , a one-year, three credit program, where you will learn many of the skills the landscaping industry is seeking in qualified candidates! You will learn in a state-of-the-art lab on real equipment, and you will even have the opportunity earn the highly regarded Registered Pesticide Technician License and OSHA 10 Certification!

 
 

You will gain skills related to any one of the following careers. Check out the links to see starting salaries and statistics!

In addition to going straight to the work force, our graduates have many options
after successfully completing their courses! Further your education at a community college, technical school or university:

Greenhouse Manager or Supervisor
Landscape Groundskeepers and Supervisors
Pathology/Biological Student
Agricultural Education or Extension work
Landscape Architect

TCC: AAS in Horticulture
Virginia Tech: AAS in Agricultural Management, AAS in Landscape and Turf Management, BS in Horticulture

 

  

All students at the Tech Center have the option to obtain an internship towards the end of their experience here. The philosophy is that there is invaluable knowledge and experience to be gained working side-by-side with a professional in an actual environment. Below are some of the great internships our students have had, thanks to Landscape Design!

 

Winesett Nursery : Greenhouse Assistants, Landscape Installers
Atlantic Garden Center: Greenhouse Assistants, Sales Assistants
Enchanted Forest: Greenhouse Assistants, Sales Assistants
Wedgewood Garden Center: Greenhouse Assistants, Sales Assistants
London Bridge Nursery: Greenhouse Assistants, Landscape Installers, Sales Assistants
Virginia Beach Landscape Services/Parks and Recreation: Groundskeeper Assistants
Lawns and Gardens Plus: Landscape Maintenance and Installers


Right now students in Landscape Design are working on:

Installing professional landscapes at the Foundation House built by Tech Center students
Designing and drawing the plans to scale on professional software and then installing the beds at the field site
Installing landscape beds on the Tech Center grounds
Working at field sites such as: oceanfront resort, Virginia Beach Contemporary Arts Center, Virginia Aquarium, Sportsplex, Princess Anne Athletic Center, and Red Wing Golf Course
Taking field trips to: Winesett Nursery, Virginia Tech Experimental Station, Landcaster Farms, White's Nursery, Harbour Park, Norfolk Botanical Gardens, and TCC
Learning how to grow hydroponic plants, bonsais, vegetables, herbs, annuals, tres, and tropical plants
Not only growing the plants for the plant sales, but also running the three annual plant sales: Pansy, Poinsettia, and Spring Plants

 

What students in Landscape Design are saying:

"I enjoy learning how to operate outdoor power equipment. I also enjoyed learning how to properly plant landscape beds and how to draw to scale professional designs."
"I will never forget everything we learned about growing plants hydroponically and the knowledge that I gained when I grew my first bonsai."
"I plan on using the knowledge I learned from techincal and CAD drawing in this class towards becoming a professional designer after high school."
"I enjoy spending time in the greenhouses learning how to care for the tropical plants and how to grow different herbaceous crops."

 

 

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Updated: April 11, 2008