• Learn and experience the art of preserving and enhancing the environment through landscape design.

• Gain experience in landscape construction in areas of patios, retaining

  walls, outdoor kitchens, and outdoor living areas.

• Explore business management and ownership as a landscape contractor

  while applying an extensive knowledge of plans and creative design

  elements to construct patios, decks, and recreational spaces.

• Attend professional conventions, leadership conferences, and camps.

• Compete in leadership and horticulture contests.

• Tour businesses, industry partners, and colleges

• Pest identification and management

• Landscape estimating

• Plant identification, selection, and production

• Landscape construction

• Equipment operation and maintenance

• Safety regulations, basic arboriculture, and horticulture

• FFA participation

• Small engines

• Business management

• Plant and soil science and plant propagation

• Chemical safety and application

• Landscape contracting and design

• Computer-aided design

• Turf identification and selection

• Irrigation and drainage

• Landscape computer and design imaging

• Drone technology

• 3 elective credits per year

• College credits available through an articulation agreement at Columbus State Community College and through Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs)

CTAGs are transferrable to Ohio public colleges. Credits vary per program.

• Skid Steer Loader Certification

• Ohio Certified Nursery Technician***

• OSHA 10-Hour Certification

***Industry credential recognized by ODE for points toward graduation.