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Sustainable Horticulture

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Learn. Apply. Grow Sustainably.

Sustainable practices are shaping how homeowners, designers and urban planners create functional and environmentally responsible landscapes.

For those desiring to enter the industry, CCBC’s comprehensive program combines two hours lecture with two hours hands-on learning to prepare students to manage land and water resources sustainably while minimizing environmental impact.
Learn

Two hours lecture

Learn the concepts, principles and best practices. You can choose between programs, certificates or explore our stackable options.

Programs and Certificates
Apply

Two hours hands-on

Apply your knowledge in real world settings. Explore our classrooms, greenhouses and other real-world settings.

Hands-on experience
Grow

Real-world results

Use your skills and experience to build your career, make an impact and grow in the real world of sustainable horticulture.
Horticulture in action
Learn

Two hours lecture

Learn the concepts, principles and best practices. You can choose between programs, certificates or explore our stackable options.

Programs and Certificates
Apply

Two hours hands-on

Apply your knowledge in real world settings. Explore our classrooms, greenhouses and other real-world settings.

Hands-on experience
Grow

Real-world results

Use your skills and experience to build your career, make an impact and grow in the real world of sustainable horticulture.
Horticulture in action

Programs

Associate of Applied Science

Certificate

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4 Programs
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The opportunity to learn hands-on alongside other students and professionals in the field is unmatched.

Amy Poff, CCBC Alumni, Owner of Hallowed Ground
Amy's story Hallowed Ground

See Where Your Skills Can Grow

  • Student potting plants in a greenhouse
    Grow your skills through hands-on greenhouse experience in one of our campus greenhouses
  • Students planting in a garden
    Take learning beyond the classroom with hands-on experience in our campus gardens.
  • Students examining plants in class
    Build your horticulture knowledge in the classroom before putting those skills into practice.
  • Student studying a flowering plant
    Get an up-close understanding of plant life through classroom learning and hands-on study.
  • Amy Poff at Hallowed Ground
    See how CCBC alumna, Amy Poff, turned her passion for horticulture into Hallowed Ground, her own garden design business.
  • Ladew Topiary Gardens
    A CCBC alum turned horticulture skills into Ladew Topiary Gardens.

    Contact us.

    Bradley W. Thompson

    Program Coordinator, Sustainable Horticulture