Horticulture Programs in Community Colleges

Mesa Community College

• Located in Mesa, Arizona, this community college has a Department of Agribusiness and Urban Horticulture that offers certificates of completion for training as a landscape specialist, landscape aide or pest control aide. A student can also earn an associate's degree in urban horticulture, which prepares her to work in retail or wholesale nurseries or in landscaping.

  Mesa Community College
  1833 W. Southern
  Mesa, AZ 85202
  480-461-7000
  mc.maricopa.edu

St. Louis Community College

• This St. Louis, Missouri-based school has four campuses around town, and offers students three completion levels through its horticulture department: a two-year associate's degree, a one-year certificate of proficiency or a 12-credit-hour certificate of specialization. The program combines classroom lectures with hands-on instruction in on-campus greenhouses and nurseries.

  St. Louis Community College (Meramec Location)
  Admissions/Registration
  11333 Big Bend Road
  St. Louis, MO 63122
  314-644-5522
  stlcc.edu

Hawkeye Community College

• Located in Waterloo, Iowa, this school's horticulture science program offers an associate's of Applied Science degree in horticulture, a one-year General Agriculture Diploma or a 15-credit certificate of completion. Students can specialize in greenhouse production, landscape/nursery, golf course/turf management or horticulture therapy. The degree program includes eight weeks of on-site work experience with local employers. Students can also opt to transfer credits to partnering four-year schools for continued education.

  Hawkeye Community College (Main Campus)
  1501 E. Orange Road
  Waterloo, IA 50704
  319-296-4295
  hawkeyecollege.edu

Edmonds Community College

• This college in Lynnwood, Washington, offers students several areas of specialty through its horticulture program. One-year certificates are offered in nursery crop growing or ornamental horticulture; two-year Associate of Technical Arts degrees can be earned in landscape design, landscape maintenance, landscape installation, nursery specialization and restoration horticulture. The program combines class work and fieldwork through on-campus nurseries and various off-campus locations.

  Edmonds Community College
  20000 68th Ave. W
  Lynnwood, WA 98036
  425-640-1459
  edcc.edu