NURSERY MANAGEMENT
PSS4363/6363

Instructor: Dr. Richard L. Harkess
Office#: 142-A Dorman Hall
Phone#: (601) 325-4556

Course Meeting Time and Place:
Lecture: Monday and Wednesday 11:00-11:50 Greenhouse 104
Laboratory: Friday 11:00-12:50 Greenhouse 104
Required Text: Nursery Management: Administration and Culture. 4th edition. H. Davidson, C. Peterson, and R. Mecklenburg. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Suggested Text: So You Want to Start A Nursery. T. Avent. Timber Press, Portland, Or.

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Course Description and Objectives:

The objective of this course is for the student to leave with a good understanding of business and production practices in an ornamental nursery operation. This course will cover production principles and practices and strategies for wholesale and retail marketing of nursery crops. The laboratory will concentrate on the development of skills associated with the production and marketing of nursery crops.

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