Landscape & Turf Management

Chattanooga State's landscape and turf management program provides students with a strong background to prepare them for self-employment or employment with landscape companies or other organizations concerned with the upkeep of their grounds. Topics included in the program are:

  • Arboriculture
  • Chemicals
  • Fertilizers
  • Flowering plants
  • Students work in the greenhouse planting bedding plant plugs for the coming season
  • Greenhouse management
  • Landscape mechanics and design
  • Computer assisted design (Land CADD)
  • Nursery management
  • Soils
  • Landscape skill development and turf grass management

Students have ample opportunity to practice landscape skills on the Chattanooga State campus and elsewhere.

Full-Time Program Schedule
Semester Day Class Evening Class Days
Fall
(450 hours)
7:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Not Available in the Evening Monday - Friday
Spring
(450 hours)
7:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Not Available in the Evening Monday - Friday
Summer
(390 hours)
7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. Not Available in the Evening Monday - Friday

For more information

Casey Neal casey.neal@chattanoogastate.edu  (423) 697 - 2580
Suzanne Myatt (suzanne.myatt@chattanoogastate.edu) (423) 697 - 3283