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"I have found the program extremely helpful in operating my business. I now have a lot more knowledge and the confidence to make the right choices."

- Michael Cowan, Organic Landscaper


Who Is Gaia College For?

Land care professionals: show your clients the way of the future and earn accreditations.

Policy and decision makers: reap benefits beyond the sustainability of green spaces. 

Food growers: stay up to date on environmentally sustainable technologies.

Garden makers: create green spaces that are lush and beautiful year after year.

Diploma in Organic Land Care

A Diploma in Organic Land Care expands your options to choose a meaningful career. Gaia College Diploma graduates gain the knowledge to become:

  • Organic land care business owners

  • Professional landscapers
  • Horticulturalists
  • Organic farmers/market gardeners
  • Ecological landscape designers
  • Sustainable urban planners
  • Permaculture consultants

  • Community garden creators

  • Rainwater harvest experts

  • Organic master gardeners

  • Organic turf specialists

  • Organic land care educators


Graduate Success Stories

Richard Greene is an Organic Land Care Diploma graduate and a Red Seal Horticulturist. He and his stepdaughter, Caroline Hall, also a Gaia College student, co-founded The Greene Hallway to Ecological Design. They offer landscape design, property assessments and health management plans in the Maritimes.

Joni Wright is an Organic Land Care Diploma Graduate. She completed the Living Green Infrastructure stream. She is passionate about biophilic design which she aims to integrate into her landscape design and organic gardening business, Grassroots Contessa


Andrea Blum completed her Diploma in Organic Land Care and has gone on to start a successful BC-based composting equipment and education company, Pacific Composting. Her mission is to educate people about the value of composting and creating nutrient-rich and biodiverse soils. 

Sarafina Valentine completed her Diploma in Organic Land Care in the Ecological Landscape Design stream. She has gone on to start her business, Sarah Valentine Design, where she provides ecologically-minded landscaping to clients in the Pemberton, BC, area. 

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