Apr 02, 2025  
2025 - 2026 Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Catalog 
    
2025 - 2026 Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Catalog
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AGH 292 - Garden Center Management


Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course introduces business management basics for operating a garden center or other business in the Horticulture Industry.  Areas of emphasis will include business structure, analytics, sales, and marketing.

SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Analyze profit and loss statements.
  2. Assess the three main business structures.
  3. Compose a business plan.
  4. Determine fixed and variable costs associated with a garden center.
  5. Identify skills important to an entrepreneur.
  6. Demonstrate skills important to an entrepreneur.
  7. Analyze common business problems.
  8. Develop solutions to common business problems.



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