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HORT 271

Applied Amenity Horticulture

Course overview

Become familiar with the principles and practices leading to the diverse range of plant material grown in parks and gardens in New Zealand and apply them in selecting, establishing, and maintaining plants within amenity environments.

Course information

Prerequisites and Restrictions You must satisfy the following requirement(s):
  • a minimum of 60 credit point(s) from the course(s) specified below
  • a minimum of 60 credit point(s) from the course(s) specified below
  • any level 100 course
  • any level 200 course
  • any level 300 course

and

  • restriction Amenity Horticulture, HORT-71
Credits 15
Domestic fees $964.00

What you will learn

After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

  •  Identify the plants and trees associated with amenity horticulture    
  • Apply appropriate practices to solve amenity horticulture issues
  • Create and maintain an example amenity garden model following appropriate principles and practices.

Course examiners

Jill Reader

Jill Reader

Senior tutor

Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce

jill.reader@lincoln.ac.nz