“Green” has come in with a vengeance! The growth of garden centers, landscaping, golf courses, nurseries and greenhouses has been off the charts. 

Therefore, if you want a career in the growing horticulture or agriculture business, you’ll need a strong background in the sciences of these disciplines. 

L&C’s Associate in Science degree is specifically designed to put you in the competition. You can choose this major and be prepared as a junior to go on to a BS at a four-year institution. Of course, you’ll need to plan with your advisor and the college to make sure you have the required credits in general studies and your major to make the transfer seamless. 

L&C’s major offers a hands-on lab based curriculum in techniques from propagation to plant identification and care, from garden budgeting to layout plans. Other areas covered are soil fundamentals, turf development, fertilizer management, pest control, landscape and golf course design, irrigation, environmental ethics and machinery maintenance. 

You can look to a bright future working in nurseries, greenhouses, and garden centers and with florists, landscapers, arborists, groundskeepers as well as orchard, vegetable, Christmas tree, and pick-your-own operations. 

Start here. Down the road you may also wind up owning your own business.