- Middlesex County Magnet Schools
- Career Majors
- Agriculture & Ornamental Horticulture
Career and Technical Education
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Agriculture and OrnamentalHorticulture
Instruction in this program includes landscaping, and greenhouse operations, equipment operation plant germination, seed cultivation, soilcontent and floral design.
Students participate in FFA, a student career and technical organization that encourages leadership, citizenship, and entrepreneurship. Graduates can be employed as landscape contractors, floral designers, groundskeepers, and nursery production workersor pursue advanced training.
Planned Scope and Sequence
Grade Curriculum
9 Basic Plant Physiology
Basic Plant Requirements
Introduction to FFA
Greenhouse I
Plant Taxonomy I
Floral Design I
Safety
10 Greenhouse II
Plant Taxonomy II
Floral Design II
Landscaping I
FFA (continued)
Advanced Plant Requirements
Safety (Continued)
11 Independent Study
Greenhouse III
Plant Taxonomy III
Advanced Floral Design I
Advanced Landscape Architecture I
Arboriculture/Ornamental Horticulture I
Turf grass I
FFA (continued)
Safety (Continued)
12 Independent Study
Greenhouse IV
Plant Taxonomy IV
Advanced Floral Design II
Advanced Landscape Architecture II
Insects and Diseases
Arboriculture/Ornamental Horticulture II
Turf grass II
FFA (continued)
Safety (Continued)
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Location(s):
MCVTS - Piscataway Campus
21 Suttons Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732) 985-0717