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Welcome to the web site for the Landscape Horticulture program at Dakota County Technical College. We invite you to explore this site for information about our program. We are a two-year program training students for employment in the green industry. In our home state of Minnesota, more than 3,000 companies, large and small, together generate annual gross sales greater than two billion dollars and growing. Those companies employ more than 25,000 people, with employment needs continuing to grow into the future. Horticultural art and sciences are flourishing worldwide, and have very deep tap roots in antiquity. - Garden Digest Our students train for a wide variety of careers. Many graduates are successful landscape designers. Others install or manage landscapes and gardens, including such features as decks or retaining walls, landscape irrigation, or landscape lighting. Some alumni work as growers in greenhouses or nurseries. Many are employed in garden centers, engaged in retail sales to customers. Municipal park systems, golf courses, or tree care companies also hire our graduates. Nor do we neglect interior landscaping. Many of our graduates operate their own successful businesses: we provide training not only in the technical aspects of the trade, but also in business and management skills. |
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NewsLandscape Hort Students Take On Real-World Projects DCTC Shines at 2009 PLANET Student Career Days in Sunny Pomona CA
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Graduate StoriesJulie King - Through the Garden Gate Landscape Horticulture alumna Julie King makes gardening her life's profession In 1980, Julie King had just graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., with an Environmental Studies in Geology degree, but the responsibilities of starting a family led her away from that career path. |
AnnouncementsLandscape Award Winners to be Honored Greenhouse Plant Sale |
Date: May 6-8, 2009 Why enroll in the program at DCTC? Because: - Our placement approaches 100% |
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