Gardening school training courses in Detroit, MI (public, in-house or online)

Review design techniques that create functional, useable spaces within a residential landscape.
Discover how to use existing environmental conditions and create new micro-climates to make spaces
more comfortable.

Learn the basic skills and receive state of the art information required to develop a strong foundation
for a variety of career specialties within the landscaping and ornamental horticulture industries.
The program encourages professional standards, a strong work ethic and environmentally sound
management practices.

This course is your practical guide to licensing, site
preparation, equipment, how and where to find supplies,
how to select and produce plants appropriate to your climate
zone, how to produce quality material and, most importantly,
how to market your product.

This course is a four hour module designed for the professional landscaper or caring homeowner. The course will teach participants how to reinvent the way traditional landscaping has been done. Most landscaping processes are anti-green, but this course provides tremendous insight into lawn care, weed control, fertilizer, and irrigation. Topics such as prairie reversion, green roofs, and phyto-remediation make this course very insightful.

Students begin this 4 hour course upon registratio...

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The Landscape and Garden Center Technician program provides quality education in the areas of landscape design and construction, garden center operation and ornamental plant maintenance. The focus is on preparing graduates for challenging careers in the expanding field of landscaping and garden centers. Students will design and construct landscapes using a variety of different techniques and construction materials. Students will also develop contemporary business concepts as they apply to landsc...

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