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    Jul 16, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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HORT 172 - Spring Garden Practices



3.0 Credits
Introduction to basic landscape and garden installation, and maintenance practices for spring shrub/tree planting, staking, turf aeration/ thatching, mowing, edging, fertilizing, and more. Safe and efficient operation of equipment is stressed. S/U grade option.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate safe practices in selection, lifting, transport, handling, and cleanup of landscape tools.
  2. Demonstrate and describe proper landscape planting techniques of groundcovers and herbaceous plants.
  3. Demonstrate and describe soil preparation and lay sod.
  4. Describe lawn maintenance techniques.


Course Typically Offered
Spring



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