# Noncredit Short Term Vocational Education (NCHORT) (NCHORT) courses

MiraCosta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://catalog.miracosta.edu/continuingeducation/shorttermvoc/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### NCHORT 5 — Garden Planting and Maintenance

- **Hours:** Lecture 3 hours
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/nchort.md)
- Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This noncredit horticulture course provides students with lessons and activities in basic skills and safety procedures used in lawn maintenance, tree and shrub pruning, basic irrigation repair, and weed control strategies. Students also examine examples of well-planned gardens, recognize and implement a simple garden plan, maintain garden areas, and participate in the propagation of garden plants to fulfill landscape and garden goals.