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Minor in Public Garden Management

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About the Minor

(18 credits)

The Public Garden Management Minor provides students with a customizable curriculum that focuses on various aspects of public horticulture, with content geared towards career development in public gardens administration, horticultural design and installation, and plant production and curation. The diverse courseload in the Public Garden Management minor gives students an interdisciplinary approach to cater their experiences to their personal interests and career goals. This minor complements several SEBS majors including but not limited to Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning, Environmental and Business Economics, and Public Health.

Foundation Courses (Required, 12 Credits)

  • 11:550:238 (3) Landscape Management and Maintenance
  • 11:776:211 (3) Introduction to Horticulture
  • 11:193:200 (3) Community Gardening for Health and Wellness
  • 11:550:233 (3) Landscape Plants OR 11:550:235 (3) Herbaceous Plants in the Landscape

Learning Goals

  1. Describe basic knowledge of horticultural principles and landscape/garden plant management [technical proficiency]
  2. Understand, analyze, and incorporate natural features and systems to create design solutions [critical thinking]

Institutional People Skills, Management, and Human-Plant Interactions (Choose 2 Courses, 6 Credits)

These courses include foundational knowledge in community building and leadership, fundraising, volunteer management, budgets and accounting, and people-plant interactions for students interested in careers in the public gardens sphere.

  • 11:373:202 (3) Sustainability Decision Tools
  • 11:373:205 (3) Small Business Essentials
  • 11:607:200 (3) Principles of Leadership
  • 11:607:203 (3) Foundations of Volunteer Management
  • 11:607:402 (3) Building Community Partnerships
  • 11:607:485 (3) Understanding Group Dynamics and Team Processes
  • 11:776:201 (3) People-Plant Relationships
  • 11:216:322 (3) Plant Ecology

Learning Goals

  1. Demonstrate effective leadership communication and conflict management skills
  2. Evaluate group process and team dynamics
  3. Describe basic knowledge of people-plant interactions

Minor Advisor

Dr. Arianna Lindberg
Blake Hall, Rm 219
848-932-8010
Email:a.lindberg@rutgers.edu

Program Director

Arianna Lindberg
848-932-8010
Blake Hall, Rm. 219
a.lindberg@rutgers.edu

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