The aim of Horticulture 10, 20, 30 is to provide students with an understanding of the scope of the industry and the potential for employment within the western provinces.

Skill Development: To develop progressive, tangible skill sets pertinent to the horticulture industry.

Careers Development: To cultivate an awareness of the career opportunities within the field of horticulture throughout Canada.

Personal Skills: To develop a sense of pride in developing skills to enhance community and personal surroundings.

Entrepreneurial Opportunities: To create an awareness of the opportunity to start your own business.

Multi-disciplinary approach: To promote a relationship among a variety of related courses that support horticulture (such as drafting, housing, biology, etc.).

Horticulture 10, 20, 30 will provide the students with a strong knowledge base in the field of horticulture. Five strands of course material are developed to expand student awareness and invite the participants to explore this diverse field. This course series emphasizes understanding the theory and practical application of the knowledge. The optional work study component at the 20 and 30 levels provide an opportunity for students to develop and enhance horticultural skills learned in the classroom and apply them to a workplace environment.

Horticulture 10, 20, 30 relies on a resource-based learning approach. A variety of instructional approaches are augmented with guest speakers, career development opportunities, video and out-of-classroom experiences. The horticulture programs have been designed to meet with Canadian industry standard with particular emphasis on life long learning. The development of sufficient curriculum in concert with the industry may provide opportunities for entry level status in current apprenticeship programs. Students will be exposed to specific areas of the field such as greenhouse culture, landscape gardening and construction, interior plantscaping and urban forestry.

• To introduce students to the fundamentals of horticulture.
• To foster responsibility and self-confidence through the production of a horticultural design.
• To afford students the opportunity to produce landscape plans, budgets and tender documents.
• To expand students’ knowledge of career opportunities that may lead to securing employment in the horticulture industry.
• To recognize health and safety hazards in the workplace so that the potential for personal injury and damage to equipment or the environment is minimized.
• To examine relationships between plant species and humans and how populations are affected by the relationship.
• To develop knowledge and appreciation for horticulture and its role in our society.
• To develop skills in horticulture that may lead to securing employment.
• To demonstrate skills with the tools, equipment and techniques used in the horticulture industry.
• To use and understand horticulture terminology in context.
• To develop skills that allow students to appreciate the natural world through direct experience.
• To enable students to identify, using industry standards, common floral designs used for various occasions.

Common Essential Learnings Foundational Objectives will be specified also.

The curriculum strands represent the industry’s occupations: greenhouse technician; journeyperson landscape gardener; landscape constructor; interior plantscaper and urban forester. Wherever possible, students in Horticulture 10 should have the opportunity to focus their work placement choices within one of the five occupations. Exploration of and exposure to the remaining occupations could be provided in Horticulture 20 and 30. Horticulture is one of the most recently designated trades in Saskatchewan.