Landscape/Plant Production

Grow and design a sustainable future.

When it comes time to select your career path, it’s important to focus on something that you truly love.

Whether you focus on landscaping or plant production, our associate degree program will satisfy your passion for nature. Working at our Earth Science Center, you’ll learn how to design, install, and maintain landscapes or produce high-yield commercial crops.

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Landscape/Plant Production Technology (A.A.S.)

Working hands-on in our expansive arboretum and greenhouse spaces, you’ll cultivate a host of in-demand skills. Through electives you can focus on general landscape operations, landscape construction & arboriculture, or plant production & tools, and techniques of production for ornamental, edible, and medicinal crops.

 

Bachelor Degree Pathway

Rise to administrative and management positions in your field with an Applied Management (B.S.) Online degree

Minors & Immersions

Pair a minor with any bachelor's degree, or an immersion with any bachelor's or associate's degree.

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03.27.2024

Penn College landscape student receives PLNA scholarship

Laura A. Snyder, of Harrisburg, a landscape/plant production technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was awarded a $4,500 Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation Scholarship. Snyder received her award at the PLNA 120th Anniversary Celebration & Education Summit, held recently at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square.

01.30.2024

'The Science & Art of Growing'

In the latest episode of the Tomorrow Makers podcast, Carl Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture, discusses his journey to Penn College and what drew him to the dynamic field he loves so much. For those considering a career in landscaping or plant production, or those who simply enjoy gardening at home, give a listen to this engaging conversation.

01.16.2024

Penn College students certified in pesticide application

Nine Pennsylvania College of Technology students – three of whom graduated in December – passed various categories of the Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator Certification exam taken near the end of the Fall 2023 semester at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center.