Landscape, Plant & Turf Management

Students enrolled in the CVTC Landscape, Plant and Turf Management program are provided well-rounded horticultural training, real life experience and an emphasis on the business skills necessary to achieve a life-long career either working, managing or owning a sustainable horticulture business. This program provides students with the education and training necessary to develop a successful career working with plants and people in an environmentally and financially profitable manner.

The horticulture program provides students with many diverse experiences including the evalutation of evnironmentally sustainable management practices, plant selection, and landscape/turf management. The program also offers certified pesticide application training and five major program emphases. Over the course of the program, every student receives training in the following career components:

• Landscape Management - Care and management of outdoor plants and trees, landscape design and installation, landscape contracting, the ability to work either in residential or commercial settings. 
• Golf Course & Athletic Field Management - Golf course superintendent, athletic field manager, lawn care specialist, groundskeeper, municipal employees responsible for public areas. 
• Greenhouse Operation and Management - Greenhouse grower, nursery or garden center operator focusing on sales, plant care, stocking, and customer assistance, sales and marketing of horticulture products. 
• Interior Plantscaping - Interior design, use and maintenance of interior plantscapes for the residential and/or commercial property. 
• Vegetable & Fruit Production - Establish and direct the production of fruits and vegetables grown in the Midwest.