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Education ~ APLD® Education Database

These educational institutions provide programs and courses within the Landscape Design field. Please contact them directly if you would like to find out more about their services.

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Alabama
Alabama A & M University
Auburn University
Alaska
Arizona
University of Arizona-College of Agriculture
Fleur De Lis Institute of Landscape Design/Construction
Paula Fox, Administrator
1133 South Swan Road
Tucson, AZ 85711
520-747-8200
Fax: 520-747-0300
pffox@fdlinstitute.org
Arkansas

Arkansas State University

Southern Arkansas University

University of Arkansas

California
American River College; Horticulture
Charles Purcell
4700 College Oak Drive
Sacramento, CA 95841
916-484-8539

Bakersfield College – Environmental Horticulture
Lindsay Ono
1801 Panorama Drive
Bakersfield , California 93305
(661) 395-4938
lono@bakersfieldcollege.edu

Cabrillo College; Horticulture
Richard Merrill
6500 Soquel Avenue
Aptos, CA 95003
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo;

Landscape Architecture
Walt Bremer
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
California School of Garden Design; Private School Offering Design Courses
530-885-1625
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona; Landscape Architecture

Ken Nakabo
Mark VonWadtke
3801 West Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91766
909-869-2673
Carritos College; Ornamental Horticulture
Frank Yee
11110 Alondra Blvd
Norwalk, CA 90650
562-860-2451
City College of San Francisco
50 Phelan Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94112
Environmental Horticulture Certificate and Degree programs
Dept Head: Holly Money-Collins

AIFD
(415) 239-3106 or (415) 239-3236
Email: hmoney@ccsf.cc.ca.us
College of Marin; Environmental Landscaping
Louis Hunt
835 College Avenue
Kentfield, CA 94904
College of San Mateo; Horticulture
Grace Sonner
1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd.
San Mateo, CA 94402
415-574-6494
College of the Sequoias; Not available
915 South Mooney Blvd.
Visalia, CA 93277
209-730-3700
Cosumnes River College Horticulture
Dave Andrews, Professor of Horticulture
8401 Center Parkway
Sacramento, CA 95823
916-691-7551
andrewd@crc.losrios.edu
El Camino Community College; Environmental Horticulture Science
J. Horn
16007 Crenshaw Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90508-0001
310-532-3670
Foothill College; Ornamental Horticulture
Dan Svenson
12345 El Monte Road
Los Altos, CA 94022-4599
650-949-7380
Fullerton College; Horticulture
Landscape
Nursery Management

Diane Komos
321 E. Chapman Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832-2095
714-992-7380
Las Positas College; Horticulture
3033 Collier Canyon Road
Livermore, CA 94550
925-373-5884
Long Beach City College; Horticulture
David Frettalone
4901 E. Carson Street
Long Beach, CA 90808-1706
562-938-3092
Mendocino College; Landscape
Practice Certificate
Horticulture Degree
Nursery Production Management
Merritt College; Landscape Horticulture
Denise Lee
12500 Campus Drive
Oakland, CA 94818
510-531-4911
Mesa College; Certificate of Landscape Architecture
Patrick Pidgeon
7250 Mesa College Drive
San Diego, CA 92111-4998
619-627-2801
MiraCosta College; Horticulture
Aileen Glesson
One Barnard Drive
Oceanside, CA 92056
780-795-6838

Modesto Junior College; Ornamental Gardening
Toni Preglar
435 College Avenue
Modesto, CA 95350
209-575-6496

Monterey Peninsula College; Ornamental Horticulture
Cathy Haas
980 Fremont Street
Monterey, CA 93940-4799
831-645-4000
Orange Coast College; Ornamental Horticulture Certificate Program
John Parker
PO Box 5005
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-5005
714-432-0202

Reedley College Environmental Horticulture Dept.
995 North Reed Avenue
Reedley, CA 93654
559-638-3641
ron.nishinaka@reedleycollege.edu

Santa Barbara City College; Environmental Horticulture
Jerry Sortomme
721 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2394
805-985-0581 x 2244
Santa Rosa Junior College; Horticulture
Landscape

1501 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401-4395
530-527-4650
Shasta Tehama Trinity Junior College ;Environmental Horticulture Management
Leimone Wait
11555 Old Oregon Trail
PO Box 496006
Redding, CA 96049-6006
530-225-4827 x 4865

R. Littlepage & Assoc.
Applegate CA
530-885-1625
litlepge@pacbell.net

UC Berkeley Extension; Certificate in Garden Design
For information call (415) 284-1044, e-mail landarch@unex.berkeley.edu, or write to the Garden Design Certificate Program at UC Berkeley Extension, 95 Third St., San Francisco, CA 94103.
UC Santa Cruz; Agra/Ecology
Jim Leap
Farm and Garden
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
University of California, Davis
Landscape Architecture
One Shields Avenue
David, CA 95616
Ventura College; Landscape Horticulture
Don Rodriques
4667 Telegraph Hill
Ventura, CA 93003
605-654-6400 x 3207
West Valley College; Landscape Architecture Associate Degree
Mike Lorimer
14000 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070-5695
406-741-2034
Yuba College ;Ornamental Horticulture
2088 N. Beale Avenue
Marysville, CA
95901 530-741-6700
Colorado

Front Range Community College
Four Campuses located in Larimer, Brighton, Westminster, Boulder County. Front Range offers programs relating to Horticulture and Design. Visit http://www.frontrange.edu/  for more information.
Front Range Contact- Ray Daugherty, Horticulture & Landscape Technologies, Front Range Community College, 3645 W. 112th. Avenue,  Westminster, CO 80031, Tel. 303-404-5039, Fax. 303-404-2178, ray.daugherty@frontrange.edu

 
Connecticut
University of Connecticut; Agriculture
Landscape Architecture
Plant Science
Naugatuck Valley Community College: Mathematics/Science Division
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury CT 06708-3000
Anthony Bleach
Coordinator Landscaping and Horticulture - 203-596-8633
District of Columbia
George Washington University; Landscape Design Graduate Certificate Program
2029 K St NW Suite 600
Washington D.C. 20006
202-973-1130
www.gwu.edu/GWnearyou
United States Department Of Agriculture
USDA Graduate School; Landscape Design Certicate Program
Joel Lerner
1400 Independence Avenue
SW
Washington D.C. 20052
202-314-3656
Delaware
University of Delaware; Plant Science
Horticulture
Landscape Architecture

New Castle
302-831-2000
Delaware State University; Agriculture
Plant Science

1200 N. Dupont Highway
Dover, Delaware
302-739-4924
Florida
The Dept of Environmental Horticulture
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; Landscape Design & Management
Edwin R. Duke, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 306 Perry Paige
South Tallahassee FL 32307
850-599-3260
850-412-7536
edwin.duke@famu.edu
Horticulture Program at Palm Beach Community College
in PB Gardens, Florida
Contacts: George Rogers, Ph.D.
Horticulture Dept. Chair, PBCC,
561-207-5052,
rogersg@pbcc.edu or Adjunct Professor Dustin Mizell, MSLA
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Belleville Area College; Ornamental Horticulture
Charles Giedeman
2500 Carlyle Road
Belleville, IL 62221
618-235-2700
College of DuPage; Ornamental Horticulture
Judy Bergholzer
425 22nd Street
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
630-858-2800
College of Lake Country; Ornamental Horticulture
Donald Lloyd
19351 W. Washington St.
Grayslake, IL 60030
847-223-6601
Danville Area College; Ornamental Horticulture
Charles Schroeder
200 E. Main St.
Danville, IL 61832
217-443-8793
William Rainey Harper College; Ornamental Horticulture
Edgar L. Metcalf
1200 Algonquin Rd.
Palatine, IL 60067
847-925-6000
Illinois Central College; Ornamental Horticulture
Randey Wall
One College Drive
East Peoria, IL 61635
309-694-5414
Joliet Junior College; Ornamental Horticulture
Dr. James Ethridge
1216 Houbolt Ave
Joliet, IL 60150
815-280-6636
Kishwaukee College; Ornamental Horticulture
Larry Marty
21193 Malta Road
Malta, IL 60150
815-825-2086 x 297
McHenry County College ;Ornamental Horticulture
Brian Sager
8900 US HWY 14
Crystal Lake, IL 60012
815-455-8673
Northwestern University
Landscape Design Program
Southern Illinois University; Ornamental Horticulture
Brian Klubeck
Department of Plant and Soil Science
Carbondale, IL 62901
618-452-2496
Triton College; Ornamental Horticulture
Ken Benson
200 5th Avenue
River Grove, IL 60171
708-456-0300 x 333 or x785
University of Illinois – Urbana & Ornamental Horticulture
Dr. Gary King
1005 Plant Science Lab
1201 S. Dorner Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-3363

The School of the Chicago Botanic Garden
The School of the Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022
847-835-8261

http://www.chicagobotanic.org/Education.html
Western Illinois University
Horticulture Program
Contact: Dr. Marietta Loehrlein
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
Phone: 309-298-1089
Morton Arboretum; Design courses and certificate programs
Rt. 53
Lisle, IL 60532
630-719-2400
Indiana
Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Department of Horticulture
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
319-398-5441
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
The University of Maine
Landscape Horticulture Program
Contact: William Mitchell, Program Coordinator
117 Deering Hall
Orono, ME 04468
(207) 581-2948
wlmitch@maine.edu
Maryland
George Washington University; Landscape Design Graduate Certificate Program
2029 K St NW Suite 600
Washington D.C. 20006
202-973-1130
www.gwu.edu/GWnearyou
University of Maryland; Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture
Dr. Christopher Walsh
2102 Plant Sciences Building
College Park, MD
Prince Georges Community College ;Associate Degree
Horticulture

Lisa Moranto
Department of Horticulture
301 Largo Road
Largo, MD 20772
301-322-0182
Montgomery College; Horticulture
Steve Dubik
20200 Observation Drive
Germantown, MD
301-353-7803
Morgan State University
Montebello B107
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD 21251
443.885.1898 (phone)
443.885.8233 (fax)
cphillips@moac.morgan.edu
Massachusetts
Conway School of Landscape Design
PO Box 179
Conway, MA 01341-0179
413 369-4044
conway@csld.edu
www.csld.edu
Landscape Institute
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Cronkhite Graduate Center
6 Ash Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
North Shore Community College
1 Ferncroft Road
Danvers, MA
(978) 236-1200
mmehaffe@northshore.edu
University of Massachusetts Extension Landscape
Nursery and Urban Forestry Program

104 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-0895
fax 413-577-1620
Kathleen Carroll, Team Leader
kcarroll@umext.umass.edu
http://www.UMassGreenInfo.org
Michigan
MSU Northern Michigan Plant Science Program  http://www.hrt.msu.edu/offcampus.htm

Michigan State University
For more information, visit http://www.gardeninginstitute.com/ .
Contact: Monica Pilkey
Manager Partner Relations
Horticulture Gardening Institute
941-379-7773
monica@gardeninginstitute.com

Oakland Community College
2900 Featherstone Rd.
Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2845.
www.occ.cc.mi.us/landscape/
Minnesota

University of Minnesota
Twin Cities Joint Landscape Design Program
Caitrin Mullan
160 Alderman Hall or 568 Borlaug Hall
1970 Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-625-3125
Fax: 612-625-2208
mull0230@umn.edu
http://horticulture.coafes.umn.edu/index.asp

Mississippi
Hinds Community College - Raymond, Mississippi
Department Chair:
Martha G. Hill
PO Box 1100
Raymond, MS 39154-1100.
Office number: 601-857-3290.
Email: MGHill@hindscc.edu
Missouri
Southeast Missouri State University
http://www4.semo.edu/agriculture
University of Missouri - Columbia
http://horticulture.missouri.edu/landscape%20design/
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hamsphire
New Hampshire Technical Institute; Landscape Design Division of Community
Education 11 Institute Drive
Concord, NH 03301-7412
University of New Hampshire
Thompson School
Durham, NH
New Jersey
Bergen Community College; Ornamental Horticulture
Dr. Steven Fischer
400 Paramus Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
County College of Morris; Landscape Management and Design
Agribusiness

Career Certificates in Landscape Design
Construction Garden Center Management
Grounds Maintenance Jan-Marie Traynor(APLD member)
Agricultural Technology Program
CCM214 Centergrove Road
Randolph, NJ 07869
phone 973-328-5363
Fax: 973-328-5359
e-mail: jtraynor@ccm.edu
Cumberland County College; Horticulture
Kevin Fenning
Box 517
Cumberland, NJ 0836
e-mail:0kfen@cccnj.net
Mercer Community College; Ornamental Horticulture
Amy Iseneker
1200 Old Trenton Road
Trenton, NJ 08690
e-mail: isenekea@mccc.edu

Landscape Design courses at Cook College
Ellen Caruso, Marketing Department
Continuing Professional Education
Cook College, Rutgers University
102 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8519
732-932-9271
ecaruso@rci.rutgers.edu

Union County College; Ornamental Horticulture
Tom Ombrello
1033 Springfield Avenue
Cranford, NJ 07016
e-mail: ombrella@hawk.ucc.edu
New Mexico
New York

Columbia University's School of Continuing Education
Master of Science program in Landscape Design.
For more information, please visit  www.ce.columbia.edu/landscape

New York Botanical Garden
2 yr.degree in landscape design
200th St. and Kazmiroff Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10458
(718-817-8700
e-mail: nybg.org/edu
Continuing Education 718-817-8747
State University of New York College at Delhi
Applied Sciences and Recreation Division
2 Main Street
Delhi, NY 13753
Division phone 607-746-4410
Admissions office: 1-800-96-DELHI or 607-746-4550
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
181 Sharon TurnpikeMillbrook
NY 12545845 677- 9643
www.ecostudies.org/education/continuing.html
North Carolina

Central Piedmont Community College; Horticulture Technology
Elizabeth Harris, Program Chair
Charlotte, NC
(704)330-4828

Agricultural and Technical State University
Dr. Marihelen Glass at (336) 334-7520
N.C. Greensboro, NC
Sandhills Community College:
Sandhills Community College
3395 Airport Road
Pinehurst
NC 28374. Phone 1.910.695.3725
http://www.sandhills.cc.nc.us
Ohio
Columbus State Community College; Landscape Design
Landscape Contracting

Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
Mark Deacon
co-chair
Landscape Horticulture Department
Room 330
3520 Central Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45223-2690
513-569-1644
513-569-1467 (fax)
mark.deacon@cincinnatistate.edu
Ohio State University
Cuyahoga Community College (Cleveland Ohio)-available for winter quarter on the web: Horticultural Botany and Landscape Plants I
Oklahoma
Tulsa Community College; Horticulture Program
Landscape Design courses

Mr. John Kahre
Northeast Campus
3727 North Apache
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74115-311
(918) 595-7000
http://www.tulsa.cc.ok.us
Oregon
Clackamas Community College; Horticulture
19600 S Molalla Ave
Oregon City, OR 97045
www.clackamas.cc.or.us

Oregon State University, Department of Horticulture
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/hort/
Contact: David R. Sandrock, Assistant Professor
4151 Agricultural and Life Sciences
Department of Horticulture
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: (541) 737-2503
Fax: (541) 737-3479
Email: sandrocd@science.oregonstate.edu

Portland Community College ;Landscape Technology Program with Design track

Rock Creek Campus
17705 N.W. Springville Road
PO Box 19000
Portland, OR 97280-0990
Building 7
Room 202614-7255
Phone: 503-614-7257
Fax: 503-614-7050
E-mail: landscape@pcc.edu
www.pcc.edu or www.pcc.edu/landscape
Pennsylvania
Chatham College; Landscape Design
The Pennsylvania State University Horticulture Department
Contact: Paige Thomas
208 Tyson Building
University Park, Pa. 16802
814-863-6087
E-mail: pmt2@psu.edu
Temple University Ambler College
Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture

580 Meetinghouse Road
Ambler, PA 19002
Admissions Phone: 215-283-1252
Admissions Fax: 215-283-1210
E-mail: ambler@temple.edu
University of Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island :BA program
South Carolina

Clemson University

Dr. Ted Whitwell, Chair of the Department of Horticulture. twhtwll@clemson.edu or 864-656-4971.

Dr. Dan Nadenicek,Chair of the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture. 864-656-3926.

Spartanburg Technical College in Spartanburg, SC
www.stcsc.edu\hort
South Dakota

South Dakota State University
Martin N. Maca
Professor of Landscape Design
Associate Director, McCrory Gardens
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007
(605) 688-5137
Fax : (605) 688-4713
Email: Martin.Maca@sdstate.edu

Tennessee
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Texas
Palo Alto College in San Antonio Texas.
Kirk Williams
Mgt. Programs Chairperson kwilliam@accd.edu
The University of Texas at Arlington: Masters Program in Landscape Architecture

Tarrant County College
North West Campus : Associates Program in Horticulture
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
George Washington University; Landscape Design Graduate Certificate Program
2029 K St NW Suite 600
Washington D.C. 20006
202-973-1130
www.gwu.edu/GWnearyou
Tidewater Community College
Northern Virginia Community College ;Horticulture Associate Degree
Associates Degree in Landscape Design
Larry Shapira
1000 Harry Bird Highway
Sterling, VA 22170
703-450-2555
Lucy Coggin
1800 Lakeside Avenue1800 Lakeside Ave
Richmond Va 23228

804-262-9887 ext 359
Washington
Edmonds Community College
Horticulture Department
20000 68th Ave. W
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Chair: Tim Hohn
Phone: 425-640-1739
E-Mail: horticulture@edcc.edu
Lake Washington Technical College
2-year Horticulture Design Seminar Don Marshall
e-mail: dmarshall@ctc.edu
South Seattle Community College; Horticulture
Landscape Horticulture Program
6000 16 th Ave SW
Seattle , WA 98106-1499
Program Coordinator:  Sarah Skamser
Arboretum Coordinator:  Van Bobbitt
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E-Mails:
sskamser@sccd.ctc.edu
 
vbobbitt@sccd.ctc.edu
rauditor@sccd.ctc.edu
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Phone:  206-764-5336
Earn a One-year certificate or an AAS Degree in Landscape Design & Construction, Landscape Management or Horticultural Studies.  Classes offered adjacent to our 6-acre arboretum and the Seattle Chinese Garden .
Clover Park Technical College; Greenhouse Nursery Technician
Landscape

Construction and Grounds Maintenance
Flower Shop Assistant
Dan Roberts
4500 Steilacoom Blvd.SW
Tacoma, WA 98499-4098
University of Washington-Center for Urban Horticulture; Landscape Design classes
Director: Dr. Clem Hamilton, Ph.D
Dave Stockdale
3501 NE 41st Street
Seattle, WA
Clark College; Landscape Horticulture
Greenhouse and Nursery
Environmental Management

Dr. Herbert Orange
1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd.
APH Vancouver, WA 98663-3598
360-992-2210
Skagit Valley College; Horticulture
Robert Pass
2405 College Way
Mount Vernon
WA 98273-5899 360-416-7600
e-mail: pass@skagit.ctc.edu

South Puget Sound Community College; A.A. in Horticulture
Brent Chapman
2011 Mottman Road SW
Olympia
WA 98512-6218
360-754-7711

Spokane Community College
Landscape Horticulture
Environmental Horticulture, Forestry
Bob Peregoy
Horticulture Program
N 1810 Greene Street M.S. 2080
Spokane, WA 99217-5399
509-533-7256
e-mail: dmoore@ctc.edu
Washington State University ;Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Pullman
WA 99164-6414 509-335-9502
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)
5555 W. Highland Road
Mequon WI 53097

Wyoming
Canada
Fanshawe College
School of Art and Design

London
Ontario, Canada
Contact: Ron Koudys, Professor of Landscape Design
University of Guelph;Independent Studies program

offers certificates in landscape design.
Certificate in Garden Design
The University of British Columbia Continuing Studies
5997 Iona Drive
Vancouver
BC, CAnada V6T 1Z1
Tel: 604-822-1444
Fax: 604-822-1599
email: garden.design@cstudies.ubc.ca

http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/garden/
Okanagan University College; Horticulture Certificate
Alan Duckworth
1000 K.L.O. Road
Kelowna
B.C. V1Y 4X8 Canada
250-862-5458
e-mail: distanceed@okanagan.bc.ca
England
Garden Design School
e-mail: info@gardendesignschool.com
Inchbald School of Design; Garden Design
http://www.inchbald.co.uk/
Oxford College of Garden Design; Garden Design
Pickard School of Garden Design; Garden Design
16 Stafford St. Eccleshall
Staffordshire ST1 6BH
England
Tel:01785 85024
Fax:01785 859179
Plumpton College; Garden Design
Ditchling Road Nr. Lewes
East Sussex BN7 3AE
England
Tel:01273 890454
Fax:01273 890071
New Zealand

Anna Gresham Landscape Design School
www.landscape-designer.co.nz/

Norway
Childrens Landscape
South Africa

The Jo-Anne Hilliar School of Landscape Design
56 Old Howick Road, Wembly
Pietermaritzburg 3201 South Africa
Tel: +27 0 33 394 3218
Fax: +27 0 33 342 3682
Email: Joanne@hillscapes.co.za

Online Courses

Anna Gresham Landscape Design School

The Landscape Design School offers an intensive Diploma program by correspondence, as preparation for a career in landscape design. http://www.landscape-designer.co.nz/

Department of Horticulture - Iowa State University

106 Horticulture Hall
Iowa State University Ames, IA  50011-1100
Phone: 515-294-2751
Email: isuhort@iastate.edu

Gwinnett Technical College

Located in Lawrenceville , Georgia (a northeast suburb of Atlanta ) has a Horticulture program that has an average enrollment of about 200 students.  In addition to horticulture degrees, it has a Certificate in Landscape Design (see link below), which can be earned online or in class at the campus.  Dr. Richard Ludwig is the program director and can be reached at rludwig@gwinnett.tec.ga.us . For program info, visit http://www.gwinnetttechnicalcollege.com .

Green Industries Institute

http://www.greenindustries.org

 Contact: Joy Dorst , 2729 W Washington St , Monticello, Fl 32344

The English Gardening School

www.englishgardeningschool.co.uk
www.hccollege.co.uk

UCLA Extension

Now offering online courses "AutoCAD for Landscape Architects" and "Landscape Architecture: Advanced Professional Practices."

More info can be found at: http://www.uclaextension.edu/index.cfm?href=/online_landscape_arch/index.cfm