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    Edmonds Community College: A Star Among Horticulture Colleges

    Providing the necessary education in forming horticulturists, horticulture colleges are known for the breed of professionals they sire.

    Horticulture is basically the science of growing, as well as culturing, garden plants, and at times, including crops. Horticulture colleges provide students with the basic of know hows necessary in the field of horticulture, with focus on the five areas a horticulturist should have the knowhow of.

    Olericulture, which focuses on vegetables, the production and marketing, would be one of the areas. Floriculture, dealing with flower production and marketing, Pomology, fruits, production and marketing, as well, Post Harvest Physiology, which deals with crops, their production, marketing and maintenance, and Landscape Horticulture, which deals with the designing, setting up, maintenance of landscape projects, would be the rest of the five areas of horticulture discipline.

    A number of institutions offer horticulture programs as part of their offered curriculums. Edmonds Community College would be one of them.

    Offering one year and two year course options for horticulturists, Edmonds Community College boasts a comprehensive horticulture education program, making it a popular institution among horticulture colleges. A one year certificate in ornamental horticulture, and nursery crop growing is offered, as well as a two year degree in landscape design landscape installation, landscape maintenance and a two year degree in nursery specialization.

    The institution offers a "flexible" range of schedules, providing regular hours classes, as well as night classes and Saturday classes, for those already working, but aiming for a change of career paths, or educational enhancement. Online class options are also available, truly making Edmonds Community College's horticulture programs applicable to all, near or far, working or non working.

    The institution's Horticulture programs believes in the concept of hands- on learning, providing students with both, classroom theoretical discussions and actual field application of whatever's discussed in the classroom lectures. The institution's alumni base, provides graduates with the necessary employment network, should a student need recommendations for potential employment.

    With facilities including a greenhouse, classrooms and access to the latest of horticulture equipment, students are bound to learn the latest and the best, as well as the essentially basic, in horticulture. Projects are worked upon in site, as well as off site, further enhancing the whole learning experience, ideal in molding superstar horticulturists.

    As with most other horticulture colleges, Edmonds Community College also calls for visiting lecturers, whose insight and knowledge of horticulture, would come in as a great source of information for students.

    All in all, Edmonds Community College ranks with high regard among horticulture colleges. If quality horticulture training is what you're looking for, you're bound to love Edmonds Community College's Horticulture Program.

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