Educational
Programs for Horticulture, Gardening, Ecology, and Landscape
Architecture
The
Bay Area is rich with many programs related to plants, landscape
design, ecology, and gardening. The alphabetical links below
are only a partial listing. The links will take you to the
relevant pages for each school/program.
Cabrillo
College Horticulture Program
This
program serves career students and home gardeners. The
campus is located in Aptos.
Center
for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, UC Santa
Cruz
The
UCSC program is dedicated to increasing ecological sustainability
and social justice in the food and agriculture system.
They specialize in organic production methods, and offer
a 6 month live-in Apprenticeship program.
City
College, San Francisco Program in Environmental Horticulture
and Floristry
Training
is offered in four fields: commercial cut-flower and greenhouse
production, landscape gardening and landscape contracting,
nursery and garden-center operation, and retail floristry.
College
of Environmental Design (Landscape Archictecture &
Environmental Planning), UC Berkeley
Undergraduate
and Graduate degrees are offered in this established program.
College
of Natural Resources (CNR) UC Berkeley
Programs
in Biology, Environmental Sciences, Forestry and related
fields. Undergraduate and graduate dgrees.
Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center
Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education
Center is a non-profit project of Ecology Action, an organization
dedicated to GROW BIOINTENSIVE food-raising. They offer
gardening classes throughout the year and have an extensive
reference library on Biointensive and organic gardening
and related subjects.
Environmental
Studies Department, UC Santa Cruz
An
interdisciplinary program in ecological systems and human
society. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered.
Foothill
College Horticulture Program
Teaching
principles of environmental design, construction and maintenance
practices for urban, rural and natural landscapes.
Gamble
Garden Classes
Gamble
Garden brings in many well-known experts in all areas
related to gardens and plants.
Merritt
College in Oakland
A. S. degree & certificates in Landscape Design &
Construction, Nursery Management, Landscape & Parks
Maintenance, Turf & Landscape Management, & Horticultural
Therapy. Also offered is a series in Aesthetic Pruning.
Strybing
Arboretum Classes
Strybing
offers many classes, workshops, and field trips by well-known
experts. Many classes can be used towards a Certificate
in California Gardening or Ornamental Plants.
Sustainable
Agriculture
A
statewide educational resource for sustainable agriculture.
UC
Berkeley Extension Garden Design Certificate Course
The students develop the expertise
to design residential gardens. There is also a program
in Landscape
Architecture which will help the student earn
partial qualification credit needed to take the landscape
architecture licensing exam.
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