Rock Creek Campus Landscapers and horticulturists perform a wide variety of jobs. These may include growing and marketing plants, designing new landscapes, landscape installation, landscape maintenance, golf course work and sales. You may also move to supervisory positions or become the owner of your own landscape business. Our program is designed to develop a broad background of skills in areas such as client and fellow worker communications, the production and marketing of plants, landscape drafting, interpreting and installing landscape designs, identifying plants and plant problems, construction skills for outdoor structures, basic requirements for landscape businesses, landscape math skills and equipment operation. Landscape technology graduates are hired by landscape contracting firms, landscape maintenance firms, large institutions, nurseries and golf courses.
Many landscapers are self-employed.
N.W. Springville Road PO Box 19000 Portland, Oregon 97280-0990 Bldg.