Environmental Horticulture & Design
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Environmental Horticulture & Design is a broad field encompassing the functional, aesthetic, and environmentally-sound creation and maintenance of our urban, rural and natural landscapes.
Whether you are training for a new career, currently a landscape professional, or a hobbyist gardener looking for information on what nutrients to use for your plants, our program is geared to fit your needs.
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- HORT 10 Environmental Horticulture & the Urban Landscape
- HORT 15 Orientation to Environmental Horticulture
- HORT 21 Plant Materials I
- HORT 22 Plant Materials II
- HORT 23 Plant Materials: California Native Plants
- HORT 24 Plant Materials: Ground Covers & Vines
- HORT 26 Plant Materials: Perennials & Annuals
- HORT 30 Horticultural Practices: Soils
- HORT 31 Horticultural Practices: Plant Propagation
- HORT 40 Landscape Design: Graphic Communication
- HORT 45 Vectorworks for Landscape Designers
- HORT 52C Horticulture Practices: Plant Installation & Maintenance
- HORT 52G Horticultural Practices: Turfgrass Management
- HORT 52H Horticulture Practices: Integrated Pest Management
- HORT 54A Landscape Construction: General Practices
- HORT 54B Landscape Construction: Technical Practices
- HORT 54C Landscape Construction: Irrigation Practices
- HORT 54L Horticultural Practices: Disease Identification & Pathology
- HORT 55A Green Industry Management: Business Practices
- HORT 60B Landscape Design: Theory
- HORT 60C Landscape Design: Irrigation
- HORT 60D Landscape Design: Planting
- HORT 60F Landscape Design: Process
- HORT 60G Landscape Design: Intermediate Computer Applications
- HORT 60J SketchUp for Landscape Designers
- HORT 80A Environmental Horticulture Fall Skills
- HORT 80B Environmental Horticulture Winter Skills
- HORT 80C Environmental Horticulture Spring Skills
- HORT 80D Environmental Horticulture Summer Skills
- HORT 90D Herbs: Identification, Use & Folklore
- HORT 90E Horticultural & Landscape Photography
- HORT 90F Landscape Design: Basic Principles
- HORT 90G Landscape Design Forum
- HORT 90H Landscape Lighting
- HORT 90K Landscaping with Edibles
- HORT 90L Plant Propagation: Basic Skills
- HORT 90P Pruning: Basic Skills
- HORT 90Q Residential Irrigation Systems
- HORT 90U Landscape Design: Perspective Sketching
- HORT 90V Sustainable Organic Gardening
- HORT 90X Water Conservation in Landscape Design
- HORT 90Y Cacti & Succulents
- HORT 91A Composting Theory & Techniques
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I have been working as a research administrator at Stanford for the last decade, but my heart tells me that my passion is about plants and nature.
Having close contact with plants, trees and soil makes me happy. I feel content knowing that I will be able to contribute my learning to a healthier environment, to bring beauty to other lives and the community.
I love everything I have learned so far. The Foothill horticulture program gives me courage and hope to change my career. I never thought that I could turn my passion into a career until I found this exciting program at Foothill, it made my dream become true.
The horticulture program opened up another door, I see a bright future and brand new world waiting for me to contribute what I have learned in school
Jing Yan
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