| Landscape Technology 1: Sustainable Landscaping/Water Conservation Certificate | Sustainable landscaping—the implementation of resource, energy, and water conservation—is now the standard for the landscape industry. Whether you’re employed at a parks department, a landscape construction company, a design firm, a maintenance company, or a nursery, educating yourself in the rapidly changing field of resource-efficient landscape technology is crucial to your success, professional growth, and career advancement. |
| Landscape Technology 2: Resource Efficient Landscape Design Certificate | Landscape and irrigation designs/installations that are resource efficient are the future of the landscape industry; therefore, they must be promoted by landscape professionals. Whether you’re employed at a parks department, a landscape construction company, a design firm, or an irrigation company, educating yourself in the rapidly changing field of resource-efficient landscape design and construction is crucial to your success, professional growth, and career advancement. |
| Landscape Technology 3: Dry Climate Horticulture Certificate | Southern California’s water resources are rapidly depleting. Selecting the correct drought tolerant plant material is expected of landscape professionals. Maintaining the urban forest as an environmental resource is vital to our future. Whether you’re employed at a parks department, a landscape construction company, a design firm, a tree care company, a maintenance company, or a nursery, educating yourself in the rapidly changing field of dry climate horticulture is crucial to your success, professional growth, and career advancement. |
| Landscape Technology 4: Water Smart Landscape Management Certificate | Water conservation is mandatory for landscape managers, both in the public and private sectors. The demand is for the landscape maintenance industry to provide water smart technologies to improve the environment, save resources, reduce labor, and conserve water. Whether you’re employed at a parks department, a landscape construction company, a design firm, a maintenance company, or a nursery, educating yourself in the rapidly changing field of water smart landscape management is crucial to your success, professional growth, and career advancement. |
| Landscape Technology 5: Xeriscape Certificate | The Certificate in Xeriscape is awarded to students who successfully complete the five core courses plus any three additional courses from the Landscape Technology curriculum. |