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Horticulture
New and Current Student information on class times, Why choose Cabrillo Horticulture? Horticulture Center & Botanic Gardens Volunteers Needed for Critical Program Functions
For nearly thirty years the Horticulture Program has served both career students and home gardeners. We offer a diverse range of classes including Arboriculture, Basic Horticulture, Business Aspects of Horticulture, Crop Management & Nursery Production, Edible Landscaping, Greenhouse Operation and Design, Horticultural Therapy, Irrigation Systems, Landscape Construction and Management, Landscape Design and Gardening, Landscape Restoration, Native Plants, Organic Agriculture, Hydroponics, Pest Management, Plant Materials, Sustainable Landscaping, Soils Conservation and Current Topics. Our new Environmental Horticulture Center and Botanic Gardens was formally dedicated on Feb. 7, 2003. The Horticulture Department’s new site is on 11 beautiful view acres, overlooking the entire campus and the Monterey Bay region. The center provides students with an excellent horticultural educational facility and is a new focus for community activities. There is a community building with a room for lectures, conferences, meetings and special events. In addition, the community center has a classroom, learning center and small retail store and nursery. A new state-of-the-art nursery includes greenhouses, shade houses, raised beds, an herbarium and a lab classroom. Cabrillo College, which already has one of the largest Salvia collections in the world, will be able to expand its gardens and plant collections. Significant collections of California natives, especially those from the Monterey Bay region, plants from the Mediterranean regions of the world, succulents and species fuchsias will be further developed at the new Botanic Gardens. Specialized gardens of exotic foliage plants, gardens for children, natural habitat gardens and aquatic gardens will be make their home surrounding the community center. |
