The curriculum in Floristry is offered in cooperation with the San Francisco Bay Area Florists Association. The course of study includes instruction in commercial cut-flower and greenhouse production, principles of environmental horticulture, plant identification, the use of horticultural machines, and business practices in the environmental horticultural industry. Curriculum Training in the curriculum in Landscape Gardening and Landscape Contracting, a two-year course of study, is planned so that graduates, depending upon their interests, abilities, and achievement, may qualify for employment in a wide variety of capacities. The course of study includes instruction in principles of landscape design and landscape construction, principles of ornamental horticulture, plant identification, landscape horticulture, and business practices in the ornamental-horticultural industry. The course of study includes instruction in nursery operation, principles of ornamental horticulture, plant identification, the use of horticultural machines, and business practices in the ornamental-horticulture industry.
Enrollment is open to all interested students.
A number of entry-level positions are open to those who complete training in any of the preceding fields. For example, those who complete the requirements in landscape horticulture may work as self-employed maintenance gardeners or take State and city civil service examinations for the position of maintenance gardener. Those who complete the requirements in greenhouse operation or nursery and garden-center operation are qualified for employment in sales work and in various kinds of horticultural production. Requirements for the Certificate of Completion. 8 Credit Toward Graduation.