Landscape Contracting

A student with an Associate of Applied Science in Landscape Contracting will be able to:

1. Graphic Communication Skills: Demonstrate an appropriate mastery of freehand sketching, board drafting, and presentation graphics for the formulation, exploration, and communication of design ideas
2. Communication Skills:
   1. Demonstrate a high level of ability to communicate technical and theoretical information through both the written and spoken word
   2. Demonstrate a high-level ability to verbally communicate design ideas effectively to clients and jury
3. Technical Skills:
   1. Demonstrate an appropriate mastery of the materials and methods of construction
   2. Create plans for the installation, operation, and maintenance of greenhouse and nursery environmental systems
4. Design Skills:
   1. Demonstrate an appropriate mastery of fundamental design principles, theory, and practice
   2. Perform cost estimates related to design and construction
5. Horticultural Skills:
   1. Demonstrate an appropriate mastery of the identification of woody ornamental plants
   2. Demonstrate an appropriate mastery of the identification of herbaceous ornamental plants
   3. Explain the concepts and techniques of integrated pest management and use that knowledge to make management recommendations
   4. Demonstrate an appropriate mastery of the propagation and production of herbaceous and woody ornamental plants
   5. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of soils and their properties as they apply to the landscape industry
   6. Demonstrate an appropriate mastery of landscape applications such as plant selection, cultural requirements, cultural practices, and maintenance
6. Business Skills:
   1. Demonstrate the ability to examine and analyze the practical aspects of organizing and managing a small business
   2. Create contract proposals (short form and long form) that protect the interests of the contract and client
   3. Write solid specifications that lay out the responsibilities of all participating parties
   4. Demonstrate the principles of professional conduct in all aspects of client/customer and employee/employer relations

Some courses are offered every other year.

• Scholarships

• Henry G. Chase Memorial Scholarship  
• Lang Farm Scholarship  
• Leroy D. Ware Memorial Scholarship  
• Middlebury Garden Club Scholarship  
• Randolph Garden Club Scholarship  
• Vermont Morgan Corporation Scholarship  
• Webster-Steiner Agriculture Scholarship Fund  
• Welcome Home / Transfer Scholarship  
• Degree Completion Scholarship