Overview
The Certificate in Native Perennial Garden Design, offered by the Department of Architecture and Environmental Design (AED), provides information that enriches the residential planting design experience. Certificate courses provide learning experiences with fundamentals of horticulture, herbaceous plants, and planting design. The skills necessary for a well designed and maintained residential perennial garden will be gained from learning plant identification, cultural conditions, and appropriate use of plants and planting design.
This certificate is available to all undergraduate degree students and non-degree-seeking students. Consult an academic advisor about how the required courses fit into academic and career plans. The majority of courses are offered on the Ambler Campus.
Campus Location: Ambler
Program Code: TA-NPG-CERT
Contact Information
Sasha W. Eisenman, PhD, Architecture and Environmental Design Deparrment Chair
Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Dixon Hall, Room 201
580 Meetinghouse Road
Ambler, PA 19002
267-468-8168
eisenman@temple.edu
Kate Benisek, MALD, MLA, ASLA, Landscape Architecture Program Head
Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Dixon Hall, Room 206
580 Meetinghouse Road
Ambler, PA 19002
267-468-8186
kate.benisek@temple.edu
Learn more about the undergraduate certificate in Native Perennial Garden Design.
Requirements
Credit certificates may be conferred upon a student by recommendation of the faculty and upon satisfactory completion of the required credits for the specific topic area with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 overall.
At least half of the courses required for the certificate must be completed at Temple University.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| HORT 1001 | Fundamentals of Horticulture | 2 |
| HORT 2221 | Herbaceous Plants I (Fall term only) | 3 |
| HORT 1211 | Woody Plants I | 3 |
| HORT 1212 | Woody Plants II | 3 |
| LARC 3345 | Planting Design 1 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 14 | |
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Students not enrolled in Landscape Architecture or Horticulture programs who are interested in this certificate should contact Tyler Academic Advising regarding a prerequisite waiver.