Diploma in Landscape Horticulture
The Diploma in Landscape Horticulture is a two-year program that prepares graduates to use green (horticultural) solutions to create liveable environments that respond to climate change. You will learn design fundamentals, horticultural principles, construction and communication techniques needed to create innovative landscape solutions. Graduates understand the role of plants in creating resilient, sustainable ecosystems and are well grounded in planting design. The curriculum emphasizes landscape naturalization, ecological and functional design, and establishing and maintaining green infrastructure (plantings) in urban, rural, and natural landscapes. Diploma students study together with Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students to promote collaboration among emerging professionals on related career paths.
Landscape horticulture (green infrastructure) is now widely recognized as a necessary part of the response to climate change. Graduates are well positioned for roles in design-build landscape firms, municipal parks departments and institutional landscape operations.
Eligible graduates can continue their studies for two years to earn either the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture or Bachelor of Technology – Small Business Management degree.
Required Courses
Year I Semester I
APSC 1002.03: Surveying
HORT 1000.03: Landscape Plants I
HORT 1003.03: Planting in Landscapes
LARC 1010.03: Studio I:Introduction to Design
SOIL 2000.03: Introduction to Soil Science
Year I Semester II
EGLA 1000.03: Composition
HORT 1005.03: Landscape Construction Methods
LARC 1003.03: Design Documents and CADD
LARC 1004.03: Visual Communications I
LARC 1020.03: Studio II: Site Design
Year II Semester III
HORT 2011.03: Arboriculture
HORT 2002.03: Vegetation Systems
LARC 2002.03: Grading and Drainage
LARC 2010.03: Studio III: Design with Plants
Elective
Year II Semester IV
HORT 1001.03: Landscape Plants II
LARC 2003.03: Engineering for Landscapes
MGTA 1004.03 Introduction to Business
6 credit hours of electives
Recommended Workplace Readiness certification:
WHMIS, First Aid, OHS
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