The Hawaii Island Landscape Association and University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service are offering both the 2018 Landscape Maintenance Training Program and the Landscape Industry Certification Testing Program to landscape professionals and home gardeners.
The training is a 10-week series of classes that may also be taken individually.
Topics include basic botany, tropical plant identification and selection, plant nutrition and soil health, turf care, irrigation basics, pruning trees and shrubs, establishing and managing a landscape, pesticide use and safety, pest ID and control, and landscape plan reading and calculations.
Classes begin April 6 and run Friday afternoons through May 11, then move to Thursdays through June 7. The three-hour classes are held at the Hawaii Community College – Palamanui campus (near the Kona Airport) from 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Cost for each class is $35 for association members and $40 for non-members. The fee for the entire series is $375 for members and $425 for non-members and includes a copy of the Landscape Training Manual for Maintenance Technicians.
Landscape Industry Certified Technician is a professional designation landscape gardeners earn through the testing program held in June.
Info or to register, visit hilahawaii.com or contact Ty McDonald at 322-4884 or tym@hawaii.edu.