Environmental Horticulture Management

certificate

The Environmental Horticulture Management certificate is offered via distance learning technologies. The certificate enables the working professional or adult learner who is place-bound and cannot attend classes in Gainesville to gain a background in the sustainable ornamental horticulture practices used in the greenhouse, nursery, or landscape industries. The program emphasizes the conservation of resources through proper plant management.

About this Program

Certificates must comply with the Certificate Policy.

Department Information

The Environmental Horticulture Department is a team of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to improving the human environment and protecting the natural landscape through the use of plants. Florida’s climatic diversity and the facilities at UF provide opportunities for cutting-edge research in plant breeding and biotechnology, nursery crop production, landscape management, water management, restoration and conservation, and other disciplines.
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CONTACT

Email | 352.392.1831

P.O. Box 110670
2550 Hull Road, Rm. 1549
W.M. FIFIELD HALL
GAINESVILLE FL 32611-0670
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 Curriculum

Related Programs 

Students must have a high-school diploma or the equivalent and they must have completed all course prerequisites before enrolling in any course. Applicants also must have a basic understanding and/or coursework in biology, botany, chemistry or zoology, or permission of the department.

Required Courses

Select 15 credits: 115
EVR 3323
Introduction to Ecosystem Restoration
LDE 3410C
Residential Landscape Design
ORH 3222C
Turfgrass Culture
ORH 3253C
Introductory Nursery Management
ORH 3513
Environmental Plant Identification and Use
ORH 3815C
Florida Native Landscaping
ORH 4236C
Ornamental Landscape Management
ORH 4242C
Arboriculture
ORH 4256
Nutritional Management of Nursery Crops
ORH 4804
Annual and Perennial Gardening
ORH 4848
Landscape Plant Establishment
Total Credits15
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Chosen by the student and advisor.