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Overview

Students can expect to develop the core skills needed to excel in the field of horticulture: identifying common landscape plants, assessing and ameliorating garden soil, managing plant health, creating a basic garden design, and maintaining an all-seasons garden. Through classroom instruction and hands-on practice, our graduates develop a holistic understanding of horticulture, while making key connections to experts in the field.

"Most of our new employees come to us with no knowledge at all of gardening. This type of class is certainly relevant and much needed." -Mark Jorgensen Jorgensen Landscaping

Graduates can use their new skill set to improve their local community garden or home garden, to work for a private gardening company, or to start their own business.

To earn a Certificate in Horticulture, students must successfully complete eight required classes:

Botany for Horticulturists

Herbaceous Landscape Plant Identification

Plant Health Care

Plant Propagation

Soil Management

Garden Design

Garden Maintenance/Power Tools

Woody Landscape Plant Identification

In addition, StrongArm Bindery in Portland Maine (https://www.strongarmbinderystore.com) will provide DIY Kits to make your own Field Journal. Cost for journal materials will be $20.00 and will include shipping directly to students.

Classes will include live meetings on Zoom starting Saturday April 25 and will include recorded elements that can be watched again at a later date.

Please write to sprousemeistergardening@gmail.com and provide us with your name and email and what your financial needs are and we will get back to you to register.

Classes are $100.oo per class and can be taken as separate classes or for the full certificate. We are accepting donations and scholarships/free classes are also available to qualifying individuals.

SprouseMeister Gardening is a fine gardening business in MidCoast Maine. With 30+ gardens in Topsham, Phippsburg, Georgetown and Bath and 20+ years experience in the field, we are looking to expand our business and our educational reach by offering a vocational certification program for young adults looking to work professionally in the landscaping field. We will offer an 8 week core basics class for students that will include another 4 weeks of community work for local shut-ins, hospitals, community gardens and retirement homes. Students that enroll in our internship program can expect take the class for free.