Landscape Plants: Identification, Selection, and Application

Are you ready to up your game? If you work with plants, you need to look smart doing it – and the best way to look smart is to know what they are, where to find them, and how to use them. This class will teach you more than you ever knew about landscape plants, and you’ll love every minute of it — including the hands-on plant identification walks, the comprehensive classroom lectures, and the online instructional tools!

Over the course of eleven consecutive Friday mornings, instructor Steven Kristoph will teach you two vital skills that all plant lovers and managers should master:

• The ability to identify landscape plants on the properties you manage
• Expanding your palette of plants to select the right plant for the right site and the right purpose

This course will cover a variety of different kinds of landscape plants, including shade trees, ornamental small trees, conifers, needle evergreens, broadleaf evergreens, rhododendrons and their kin, flowering shrubs, groundcover options, and rariflora. A full list is available below.

Whether you’re a landscaping professional or just a person who loves plants, this class is for you! Come dressed in winter wear and be prepared to go outside.

Please note: We recommend that you enroll in Introduction to Plant Identification prior to attending this program.

Speaker(s): Steve Kristoph

Fee: $1,050 per person

Registration Closes: January 7, 2026