This technical college, in Eau Claire, provides design students with an associate's degree. Course work provides students with credentials in landscape, plant and turf management to help them oversee landscape contracting on residential and commercial properties. The Chippewa program takes two years to complete.
Chippewa Valley Technical College
620 W. Clairemont Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-833-6200
A two-year program at Gateway Technical College, in Kenosha, offers students an associate of applied science degree in horticulture, greenhouse and floral studies. Graduates can pursue employment in various capacities, including landscape artist, horticulturist, golf course superintendent, garden center manager and landscape design educator.
Gateway Technical College
4940 88th Ave.
Kenosha, WI 53144
262-564-3900
You can earn an associate's degree in landscape horticulture from the Milwaukee Area Technical College. You can learn about design, installation, maintenance, pest control and cost estimating. Course work is based at the well-landscaped Mequon campus center.
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Mequon Campus
5555 West Highland Rd.
Mequon, WI 53092
262-238-2200
The associate's degree program at Northeastern Wisconsin Technical College, in Green Bay, includes courses involving hours of perfecting pencil sketching skills to apply to home, commercial, landscape and hardscape design. In addition, students learn to use computer-aided design applications in landscaping and then gain knowledge in construction, soil requirements, safety and pest control.
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
2740 W. Mason St.
Green Bay, WI 54307
920-498-5400
Western Technical College, in La Crosse, offers an associate's degree in applied science that enables graduates to pursue careers as a landscape designer, arborist, garden center specialist or landscape construction technician. Students learn about plant growth, health, selection and maintenance to help them develop sustainable landscape designs.
Western Technical College
304 6th St. N.
La Crosse, WI 54602
608-785-9200