Professional Landscaper

Your New Career
After you learn everything from soil, tree, shrub, and turfgrass science and management to how to manage your own landscaping business, you'll have the skills you need to do the job right. 

• Earn your Professional Landscaper Career Diploma at home in as little as six months by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
• Work for commercial or residential builders, government agencies, or recreational facilities.
• Open your own landscaping business and watch it grow.

Landscapers and other groundskeeping workers held about 1.1 million jobs in 2002.* The U.S. Bureau of Labor predicts a 22% increase in the number of job openings by 2012.** Building owners recognize the importance of "curb appeal" and are expected to use grounds maintenance services more extensively. Homeowners also are expected to continue using landscaping services to maintain the beauty and value of their property.

As the children of baby boomers come of age, the demand for parks, athletic fields, and recreational facilities can also be expected to contribute to the demand for landscapers. According to the U.S. "Occupational Outlook Handbook," those interested in landscape and horticultural services occupations should find plentiful job opportunities in the future.

Your New Skills
You'll learn every important part of being a Professional Landscaper.

• Soils and fertilizers
• Pest management
• Landscape tools use and safety
• Servicing lawn mowers and riding mowers
• Tree and shrub identification
• Design for residential and commercial properties
• Turfgrass science and management
• Specialty landscapes
• Opportunities in the landscaping industry
• Managing your business
• And much more!

*Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2012. Source: "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix," a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.