Managers in agriculture

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to manage and maintain indoor and/or outdoor ornamental and recreational plants and groundcovers and related conceptual designs established by landscape architects, interior designers, enterprise owners or managers, and individual clients. These programs include courses in applicable principles of horticulture, gardening, plant and soil irrigation and nutrition, turf maintenance, plant maintenance, equipment operation and maintenance, personnel supervision, and purchasing.

Landscaping and groundskeeping

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the techniques of floral design based on color palette, theme, season, and flower selection. These programs include courses in botanical terminology, flower handling and identification, foliage and plants, traditional and contemporary floral design, and use of seasonal, dry, silk, or exotic plant materials.

Floral design/arrangement (not for credit)

Gardening Programs

Managers in agriculture plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations and functions of farms. They are responsible for growing crops, raising and breeding livestock, poultry and other animals, marketing farm products and enhancing farms' sustainability through, notably, the implementation of new technologies. They usually own and operate their own establishment.

Participants of the Amateur Landscape and Garden Design Micro-certificate gain an awareness of, and sensitivity to, linguistic and cultural diversity, enhancing their intercultural communicative and cultural competence.

Amateur Landscape and Garden Design Micro-Certificate

For more information and to apply, visit the institution's site:

[Master Gardener Part-time Non-credit Certificate](https://pdt.viu.ca/master-gardener-program)

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