E E Smith High – Horticulture II-Landscaping-Honors

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course provides hands-on instruction and emphasizes safety skills needed by landscape technicians in the fi eld. This course is based on the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association skill standards for a Certifi ed Landscape Technician. Students are instructed in interpreting landscape designs, identifying landscape plants, and planting/maintaining trees, shrubs, and turf. Landscape construction is emphasized in the areas of grading and drainage, irrigation, paver installation, and the use/maintenance of landscape equipment. Current topic discussions provide students an understanding of careers and the employability skills needed to enter the landscape industry. Honors curriculum extends the standard course to a higher, more challenging level. Students can expect to complete focused assignments and be exposed to individual landscape projects. English language arts, mathematics, and science are reinforced. Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course include apprenticeship, cooperative education, entrepreneurship, internship, mentorship, school-based enterprise, service learning, job shadowing, and supervised agricultural experience. FFA competitive events, community service, and leadership activities provide the opportunity to apply essential standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences.