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Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations

Turn your green thumb into a career in this ‘growing’ industry!

Learn about the plants and trees available on the Quebec market, how to interpret and design landscaping plans, how to prune and fertilize plants and garden using both traditional and hydroponic growing systems, and more! The advice you give to your horticulture and garden center clients will see their projects bloom and grow!

Our graduates find work as: Horticulturists, Garden Centre Workers, Groundsmen/Women, and Landscape Laborers.

Offered at

HAECC

Cost (subject to change)

$318.40

 

Program Duration

10 months
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Prerequisites

Admissions conditions – please verify if you have the academic prerequisites to register for this program. 

Don’t meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry!  Contact HAECC today for help finding your path to the trade program you want.

Are you applying from outside of Canada? Visit our International page for more info on how to register.

Skills you will learn

  • seasonal maintenance of plants and gardens
  • landscape design
  • greenhouse operations
  • garden centre operations and sales
  • pruning, planting and transplanting techniques

Did you Know

  • We receive regular employment opportunities for our graduates.
  • Skills you acquire in the Horticulture program can be easily transferred to landscaping and help you get your own business off the ground.
  • There is a 75-hour field placements over a two week period during the program, which provides not only practical experience, but the chance to create connections for employment opportunities.

It’s been shown that people who work with plants are generally happier, more relaxed and less prone to depression! Register today 🙂

 
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Horticulture - Program Specifics

Code Statement of competency Hours Credits
705-401 The occupation and the training process 15 1
705-416 Botanical and environmental aspects 90 6
705-426 Herbaceous plants 90 6
705-433 Basic tasks 45 3
705-444 Woody plants 60 4
705-453 Pruning plants 45 3
705-465 Soils, substrates and fertilization 75 5
705-475 Plant health 75 5
705-483 Pesticide use 45 3
705-493 Horticultural equipment 45 3
705-506 Production of ornemental and edible plants 90 6
705-513 Reception and presentation of plants and complementary horticultural products 45 3
705-522 Communication in the workplace 30 2
705-533 Spring maintenance of an in-ground garden 45 3
705-544 Summer and fall maintenance of an in-ground garden 60 4
705-553 Harvesting of edible and ornemental plants 45 3
705-566 Drawing a planting plan 90 6
705-573 Layout and maintenance of a raised-bed garden 45 3
705-584 Layout of in-ground gardens 60 4
705-594 Layout and maintenance of an indoor living wall or a mosaiculture 60 4
705-603 Customer service and sale of plants and complementary horticultural products 45 3
705-617 Entering the workforce 105 7
754-992 Health and safety on construction sites 30 2
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