29 courses with the subject HRT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Provides practical experience in landscape construction, equipment operations, and maintenance.
Introduces concepts of plant growth and development. Covers horticultural practices, crops, and environmental factors affecting plant growth.
Teaches principles and practices of plant propagation. Examines commercial and home practices. Provides experience in techniques using seed-spores, cuttings, grafting, budding, layering, and division.
Studies the development of gardens as they chronicle the development of civilization. Introduces the periods, in both Europe and North America, beginning with settlement, on through industrial development, land and space utilization to current environmental concerns. Explores physical and cultural influences on garden design and utilization.
Covers commercial practices related to production of floriculture crops. Considers production requirements, environmental control and management, and cultural techniques.
Emphasizes basic chemical principles and their application to horticulture. Introduces principles of inorganic and organic chemicals. Studies chemical activities of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilizers, and growth regulators. Provides students an opportunity to test for their Commercial Pesticide Applicators License, administered by VDACS, at the end of the course.
Studies current approaches to improving home landscapes. Emphasizes planning, proper implementation, and landscape maintenance.
Studies taxonomy, anatomy, morphology, physiology, and genetics of plants as applied to identification, propagation, and culture.
Familiarizes students, through lecture and demonstration, with small-scale food production by gardening. Covers the basics of composting and organic vegetable gardening using sustainable farming methods.
Familiarizes students with organic small-scale food production through lecture and demonstration. Includes seed saving, cover crops, and gardening planning.
Introduces students to the principles and practices for safe pesticide usage as required by law in the state of Virginia. Prepares students for the official tests administered by VDACS (Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services).
Introduces students to the topic of water and nutrient relationships as they relate to soilless media for plant production. Plant/water relationships and optimum nutrition will be examined.
Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial, or service firms in the horticulture industry coordinated by the college.
Cannabis (Hemp) is a new crop option for growers in Virginia. There are a lot of legal and production aspects that producers need to be aware of, as well as regulations to follow. This class will introduce students to the legal and production aspects of Cannabis (Hemp) in an outdoor and indoor environment.
Studies landscape use of plants. Considers ornamental value, growth habit, identification, and limitations. Part I of II.
Studies landscape use of plants. Considers ornamental value, growth habit, identification, and limitations. Part II of II.
Teaches theoretical and practical aspects of soils and other growing media. Examines media components, chemical and physical properties, and soil organisms. Discusses management and conservation.
Applies landscape theory and principles of drawing to the planning of residential and small-scale commercial landscape designs.
Focuses on development of a marketing plan for sustainable farm items offered for sale to the public, retail, and wholesale. Includes hands-on experience in double-digging, planting, crop testing, and utilization of compost.
Considers sustainable farming methods by which food can be grown for personal or family consumption, emphasizing high nutritional yield in relatively small areas. Focuses on the development of a garden plan that includes vegetable and root crops and grains used for food and composting.
Considers the perennial plants used in the landscape. Includes site selection and evaluation for perennial culture, perennial plant selection, perennial culture under various environmental conditions, taxonomic identification, and control of insects and diseases.
Studies the techniques of tree care. Covers surgery, pruning, insect and disease recognition and control, fertilization, cabling, and lightning rod installation.
Teaches skills required for the composition of basic table arrangements. Includes the history of design styles, identification of flowers and greens, identification and use of equipment, and conditioning and handling of flowers.
Teaches skills required for composition of traditional floral designs and contemporary floral designs. Includes wedding, funeral, and special occasion designs and the use of exotic florals to create arrangement styles, such as Japanese, European, and Williamsburg.
Teaches skills required for the composition of large floral arrangements. Includes wedding, funeral, and special occasion designs for the home as well as public areas. Includes use of dried and silk flowers for special occasions.
Studies the business and selling practices which relate to wholesale and retail horticultural businesses, including garden centers, greenhouses, nurseries, and flower shops. Examines planning and layout, suppliers, merchandising, maintenance, and display of horticultural items. Accounting and bookkeeping requirements, personnel management and hiring practices will also be examined.
Considers the theory and practical application of green infrastructure, sustainable landscape maintenance practices, regenerative landscapes, and stormwater best management practices (BMPs). Teaches the guiding principles of sustainable landscape design and development. Examines the social and economic benefits of well-designed and carefully maintained ecologically-sound urban and suburban landscapes.
Provides students an opportunity for on-the-job training in selected business, industrial, or service firms coordinated by the college for a total of 160 contact hours, regardless of the length of the term.
Will expose students to the concept of Sustainable Landscape Design as presented by the Sustainable Sites Initiative. The Sustainable Sites Initiative is a partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the United State Botanical Garden in conjunction with a diverse group of stakeholder organizations to establish and encourage sustainable practices in landscape design, construction, operations, and maintenance. The Sustainable Sites Initiative is the peak national dialogue on sustainable site design issues. It provides a strong foundation for understanding the requirements, as related to site design for LEED certification. Students will utilize the on-line publication, Sustainable Sites Initiative, and also become familiar with well-recognized, significant examples of sustainable landscape design through visual case studies.
Source: J Sargeant Reynolds Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
