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Course Details
Course Name: Landscape and Horticulture
Course Code: AL0264CA23
Date of Most Recent Offering: March 7, 2023
Course Overview
In this jam-packed course, Bruce Neary discusses many essential skills needed to properly maintain a landscape.
This class also serves as a review course for the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association’s Certified Landscape Professional certification exam.
Featured Topics
- Plant Identification
- Plant Physiology
- Plant Pests and IPM
- Soil Management
- Landscape Design
- Proper Planting Techniques
Meet Your Instructor
Bruce Neary, BCN Horticultural Services

Bruce Neary is the owner of BCN Horticultural Services, where he has provided consulting services to landscape architects, contractors, developers, garden centers, nurseries, educators, and the public since 1994. Regarded as an industry expert, Bruce has written several articles for The Landscape Publication, Grounds Maintenance Magazine, and the American Nurseryman. Likewise, he has been a horticultural lecturer at Barlow Flower Farm and for other landscape organizations for more than 30 years. Bruce is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Horticultural Societies, Metro Hort Group, and Perennial Plant Association. He received his bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from Rutgers University and his Masters of Agriculture in Horticultural Sciences from Texas A&M.
Continuing Education Credits
The most recent offering of Landscape and Horticulture was approved for the following credits from professional organizations. We will reapply for similar credits the next time the course runs, but we cannot guarantee credit approval for future offerings.
New Jersey
NJ Certified Public Works Managers (CPWM): 6.5 Technical CEUs (DLGS Course #16389)
NJ Licensed Tree Experts (LTE/LTCO): 5 CEUs
NJ Urban and Community Forestry (NJUCF): Pending
International
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA): Pending
Meals
No breakfast will be provided. Box lunches will be available for pre-registered attendees only.
NOTE: If you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, please alert us at least one (1) week in advance of the course start date so that we can make reasonable accommodations. We cannot guarantee accommodations for special requests made after that time.
Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!
If you have any questions about Landscape and Horticulture, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Program Coordinator: Joe Canzano
848-932-7317
joe.canzano@rutgers.edu
For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.