Earning Criteria

• This credential enables designers, builders, and managers of landscapes to design an appropriate solution to a landscape problem that ensures plant selection, soil improvement, and plant health care will be appropriate for each unique site context.
• Enrollees in the four-course sequence leading to the earning of the Certificate collaborate within team settings to investigate and identify the procedures and techniques required for creating “healthy” garden/landscape sites, then generate, evaluate and document design decisions.
• Upon successful completion of the micro-credential in Sustainable Horticulture, students increase their knowledge of contemporary landscape sustainable practices, demonstrate an ongoing exploration of the details of sustainability, and within the four-course sequence tackle case study problems via the selection and application of fundamental horticultural practices and principles to remedy real-world landscape situations.
• This micro-credential develops a desirable, marketable skill set that employers seek, for emerging jobs such as a Sustainable Landscape Project Manager, responsible for managing designed landscape settings, natural landscapes, ecological restoration of damaged landscapes, green infrastructure, and stormwater management projects. Project types include commercial, residential, public, private, and design/build.