HORT 4850 - [Public Garden Management]

Spring. (Offered alternate years) 3 credits.

Prerequisite: HORT 3000, HORT 4910 or HORT 4920. Course fee: Two-and-a-half-day field trip to botanical gardens and arboreta approx. $100. Next offered 2012-2013.

D. A. Rakow.

Explores the history of public gardens, types of contemporary public gardens, and the operation of public gardens including botanical gardens and arboreta. Includes separate units on administration and business management of gardens, collections curatorship, collections design, educational programs, research, and management of landscapes and natural areas.