Nursery and Landscape CDE Contest
The Nursery/Landscape CDE test students skills in aspects of maintaining landscape plants and related products, evaluating equipment and services, and landscape design.
Our Nursery/Landscape Team combines plant science knowledge with design and hands-on skills, preparing you for careers in horticulture, landscape architecture, nursery management, and beyond.
What You’ll Do:
Competition Levels:
Skills You’ll Gain:
Our Nursery/Landscape Team combines plant science knowledge with design and hands-on skills, preparing you for careers in horticulture, landscape architecture, nursery management, and beyond.
What You’ll Do:
- Plant Identification: Recognize common ornamental plants, trees, shrubs, and weeds.
- Plant Propagation & Cultivation: Learn seeding, cutting, grafting, transplanting, and greenhouse management.
- Landscape Design: Create scaled plans that balance aesthetics, function, and sustainability.
- Written & Practical Exams: Demonstrate your knowledge in quizzes, identification stations, and live design/build challenges.
Competition Levels:
- Chapter: Tryouts to form your team and practice plant ID and design concepts.
- Sectional & Regional: Compete in hands-on stations, written tests, and design presentations against other chapters.
- State Finals: Represent West Valley at Cal Poly SLO, showcasing your mastery of nursery and landscape skills.
Skills You’ll Gain:
- Botanical knowledge and pest/disease management
- Technical drawing and digital design basics
- Greenhouse operations and sustainable practices
- Teamwork, time management, and problem-solving under pressure
