The Horticulture program prepares students for many attractively paying positions in the landscape and nursery industries, which include production and sales, hydroponics/aquaponics, landscape design, and construction and maintenance.

Students may take one or more courses from the program to learn about horticulture for its own sake and their own, or they may take the courses required for the Certificate of Achievement in Horticulture. Either option is an introduction to natural beauty. The courses have been designed both for full-time students planning to enter the horticulture field and for those people working in one of the many interesting areas of horticulture who wish to expand their horticultural knowledge. Most classes are conducted during convenient evening hours to allow working students to study for a new career and those with jobs in the field of horticulture to upgrade their skills.

The Horticulture Department boasts excellent facilities, including a well-equipped classroom building set in beautifully landscaped grounds. The grounds themselves have been planted with a large collection of trees, shrubs, ground covers, and vines, and they serve as a living laboratory for many of the classes. A nursery with over 10,000 square feet of greenhouse space including aquaponics and hydroponics, and 2,500 square feet of shade structures round out this marvelous facility on the Orange Coast College campus.

Department Contact

Lori Pullman
lpullman@occ.cccd.edu

Rick Harlow
rharlow@occ.cccd.edu

Horticulture Department Website

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