Programs

This Urban Landscape and Garden Development Certificate is designed for community organizations, community gardeners, professionals, and laypersons interested in the field of landscape/garden design and the environment.

Recognizing the growing interest in the greening of the urban environment and the importance of creating and sustaining green spaces in cities, the Program will focus on the urban setting and its public and private green spaces. Special attention will be given to community gardens and the knowledge required to creating and maintaining them.

This online certificate program consists of 4 required courses, 2 elective courses, and an internship. Courses will cover Plants and Soils, Design and Planning, and Community Interaction.

Program Highlights:

• Focus on the urban setting and its public and private green spaces.
• The program has been developed with leading landscape designers and community organizations active in the creation and future of Boston's landscape as the city and its people grow.
• Topics include: Plant and Soils, Design and Planning and Community Interaction

Learn more about this program:
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Registration is administered through Division of Corporate, Continuing, and Distance Education at UMass Boston. Payment is due upon registration. Please see Fee Schedule below.

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*applicable when you register after deadline; non-refundable unless course has been cancelled

** applicable when checks returned unpaid

Did you know?

University of Massachusetts has earned several awards for its distance learning programs, faculty and technology including:

• UMassOnline Awarded ‘Public Sector of the Year’ by Mass Technology Leadership Council , 2008
  
• Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program, UMass Lowell’s Online Graduate Behavioral Intervention in Autism Program, Sloan Consortium Excellence Awards, 2008
  
• ‘Excellence in Online Teaching’ Award, Dr. Jeannette E. Riley, Sloan Consortium Excellence Awards, 2008
  
• 21st Century Best Practices Award, United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
  
• Program of Excellence, University Continuing Education Association (UCEA)-Journalism Certificate
  
• Excellence in Faculty Development, Sloan-C Excellence Awards
  
• Excellence in Online Programming, Sloan-C Excellence Awards
  
• Excellence in Online Teaching, Sloan-C Excellence Awards
  
• UMass Amherst Isenberg MBA, Top 10 national rankings, #4 Best Professors (2005, 2006, 2007 Princeton Review: Best Business Schools rankings)
  
• 4th in Primary Care Education, U.S. World Reports
  
• Ranked 45th Best University System in the World - London Times
  
• Excellence in Distance Teaching Education - United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)