Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations

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Horticulture and
Garden Centre
Operations
New Frontiers School Board
Adult & Professional Education Services
Plant a seed;
grow a career!
NOVA Career Centre
70 Maple, Châteauguay, QC J6J 3P8
Tel: 450-691-2540 • Fax: 450-699-0734
www.novacareer.com
Châteauguay Valley
Career Education Centre
46 Roy, Ormstown, QC J0S 1K0
Tel: 450-829-2396 • Fax: 450-829-2398
www.valleycareer.net
Huntingdon Adult Education
& Community Centre
24 York, Huntingdon, QC J0S 1H0
Tel: 450-264-9276 • Fax: 450-264-9172
www.huntingdoncentre.com
New Frontiers School Board
214 McLeod, Châteauguay, QC J6J 2H4
Tel: 450-691-1440 • Fax: 450-691-0643
www.csnewfrontiers.qc.ca
www.headingforsuccess.com
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New Frontiers School Board
Adult & Professional Education Services
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The Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations program
prepares students to work as horticulturists for public or
private organizations that may lead to a job in:
• Park management, maintaining green spaces, gardens and golf
courses, propagating plants as well as installing flower beds, mass
plantings, mosaics, containers and other floral displays. This work also
consists of preparing soils; seeding, planting, preparing and applying
plant protection products.
• This course may also lead you to work with horticultural consulting firms
or in specialized garden centres. In the retail industry, it involves working
as sales consultants; maintaining outdoor and indoor plants; monitoring
and maintaining designated sales areas (annuals, perennials, shrubs,
etc.); selling horticultural products or referring customers to specialists;
and participating in general retail operations, such as inventory control,
sales monitoring and customer needs analysis.
Acquire the skills required to have a
successful career in the Horticulture
and Garden Centre trades
Graduates from this dynamic and
exciting program learn the following:
• Principles of botany
• Principles of soils, amendments
and fertilizer use
• Interior plants, edible and
ornamental plants
• Propagation, production and
growing of plants
• Seasonal maintenance of plants
and gardens
Register now to secure
a spot in our program!
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• Pruning, planting and transplanting
techniques
• Plant health and pesticide use
Possibility of bus transportation available to students in the valley
A Loans and Bursaries Program is available for qualified applicants
Emploi-Québec benefits may be extended by returning to school
Program subsidized by the Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec
Open to all legal residents of Québec over 16 years of age as of June 30 of current year
FEES: Tuition is free – except for a nominal fee each semester, as well as books, materials
and/or tools.
• Landscape design
• Maintenance and operation of machinery
and equipment
• Installation and maintenance of lawns
• Garden centre operations and sales
DIPLÔME D’ÉTUDES PROFESSIONNELLES (DEP)
Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations .........1335 hours
• Interpretation of landscape plans
and specifications
89 credits
• Greenhouse operations
• Health and safety in the workplace
For more information, you are just a call, visit or click away!
Call Huntingdon Adult Education and Community Centre at 450-264-9276
www.huntingdoncentre.com
Undecided? Be a Student for a Day!
This program will be offered at:
• Huntingdon Adult Education and Community Centre