HORTICULTURE COURSES OFFERED AT POPE HIGH SCHOOL
INFO ABOUT THE TEACHER
The Pope Horticulture program is for all students grades 9-12 attending Pope High School. It's a great place for students to learn valuable gardening skills in our state of the art lab and greenhouse facility.
Located in Marietta, Georgia, the program is home of the Mighty Greyhound Greenhouse. Students grow a wide range of plants for experimentation, personal growing projects and numerous plant sales to the public. The class focuses on plant culture, plant identification, landscaping, business skills and teamwork to produce high quality ornamental crops.
But it doesn't stop there... Students also learn to identify and operate a wide variety of tools related to the landscaping trade. Students will learn to incorporate technology into their research and presentations. Students work as a team to grow, market and sell a wide variety of plants for the community. Our Plants Rock!!
All Pope students are eligible to join our FFA Horticulture club to further their interest into the deeper roots of horticultural studies. National FFA Site Visit the "Club Announcments" tab for more info!
The instructor, Joe Green, is a horticulture graduate of the University of Georgia and has worked over 30 years in the green industry. "Mr. Green" routinely incorporates music, drama, the arts and technology with horticulture to enhance student learning. (Be sure to visit our "Music" tab at this site!) We invite you to listen to our tunes as you tour our web site.
Horticulture Course Descriptions
General Horticulture
This is an introductory course in the basics of horticulture and home gardening. This course is designed to prepare students to produce, process and market ornamental plants and to manage a horticultural enterprise. Students will learn gardening basics, plant identification, landscaping basics, botany and how to use plants for aesthetic purposes. This is a practical hands-on class that will benefit any future homeowner as well as the student seeking employment in the horticulture field.
Landscape Design and Construction:
This course prepares students with industry skills needed in today’s booming landscaping field. Students will learn the basics of landscape design and drawing plans for home or commercial use. Other main topics are plant identification, construction projects, landscape installation and maintenance practices. This is a practical hands-on class that will benefit future homeowner as well as the student seeking employment in the landscaping field. General Horticulture is required as a prerequisite.
Floriculture Production and Management:
This is an advanced level horticulture class for those students who have completed two previous courses in horticulture. This course introduces a higher level of challenge in crop production, record keeping and the management of gardens and floral displays. Students should be familiar with the basics of plant anatomy, plant nutrition, identification and garden culture as a prerequisite for the course. Some independent study assignments will apply.
The Teacher
The Pope Horticulture Program is taught by Joe Green, B.S. Degree Horticulture, UGA, 1976.
Mr. Green is an avid hiker and outdoorsman with a long history of teaching kids about plants and nature. He has worked for Cobb County Public Schools since 1984 as Grounds Supervisor and Assistant Director of the Maintenance Department. He received his teacher certification in 1997 from Georgia State University and started the horticulture program at Harrison High School. In 2001, he transferred to Pope where he was instrumental in guiding the lab and greenhouse construction and setting up the new horticulture program. He sponsors the Pope FFA Horticulture Club and the Pope Guitar Club.
Mr. Green was recently voted Teacher of the Year 2006 at Pope High School.
Joe has an ENFP (Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving) personality profile from the 16 Myers-Briggs psychological types. You can take the Myers Briggs Personality Test online and determine your own personality profile.
Mr. Green seeks to instill a curiosity and fascination for the world of plants to his students by incorporating some untraditional instructional techniques in the classroom. He has been known to appear as the eccentric Dr. Ramsey (Mad Czech Plant Scientist) or Mingo the Mime in his classroom activites. His spring class of 2004 recorded a music cd parody,"Sweet Home Horticulture", A second music cd about horticulture, "Time To Grow" was recently recorded and released by students in spring classes 2006. Both cd's can now be heard on the Music tab of this site. Check 'em out.
"This is not just a class about plants. This is an opportunity where students can learn valuable life skills where plants are merely the vehicle for instruction."
His horticulture background includes work as a County Extension Agent, garden writer, nursery manager, landscape designer, greenhouse crop researcher and arborist for the City of Roswell. He has traveled extensively and/or lived in New Zealand, Alaska, Canada, California, Florida, Costa Rica, Japan, and the Caribbean in various ventures. He is a Certified Arborist with the I.S.A. International Society of Arboriculture He was a national winner of the NAAE Ideas Unlimited Award for innovative ideas in horticulture instruction in 2004 and then again 2006.
In October 2006, Mr. Green completed his Masters Degree at Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. His graduate degree is in I.T.A. (Integrated Teaching Through The Arts.) He attends Northpoint Community Church in Alpharetta.
He has toured Costa Rica for two summers, where he participated in the 2004 Hands Across The Water Teacher Exchange Trip Hands Across The Water
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In 2005, he was part of the Georgia teacher delegation for Connecting Cultures in Agriculture through the Georgia Department of Agricultural Education
He is a 2006 recipient of the Fulbright Memorial Fund where he traveled with 200 American teachers in Japan, October 2006, for studies in cultural diversity and the Japanese educational system. A complete photographic travel log of the Japanese Fulbright Memorial Trip can be viewed on this site by returning to the Home Page.
Mr. Green was also a recipient of the 2007 Toyoto International Teacher Program to the Galapagos Islands. He was one of 24 national delegates to participate in this educational exchange trip focusing on environmental stewardship. See the Galapagos link on the home page for a play by play account of this adventure, complete with photos.
Some of Mr. Green's favorite passions for recreation are sailing at Lake Lanier, camping, guitar, writing, singing, tennis, travel and foreign cultures. Mr. Green has a teenage daughter who attends Lassiter High School.
Favorite summer activity: Annual road trip with daughter.
Favorite hero of the past:Henry David Thoreau
Favorite contemporary hero: Bob Dylan
Favorite food: Vegetables!! Vegetables!
A Favorite Quote: "Dream like you will live forever. Live like you could die today."
Thank you for visiting our site! Students or parents may use this site to download class handouts, surf the web links, play educational games, listen to our music or just view the pix!
For further information about Pope Horticulture, contact Joe Green at joe.green@cobbk12.org
In 2005, he was part of the Georgia teacher delegation for Connecting Cultures in Agriculture through the Georgia Department of Agricultural Education
He is a 2006 recipient of the Fulbright Memorial Fund where he traveled with 200 American teachers in Japan, October 2006, for studies in cultural diversity and the Japanese educational system. A complete photographic travel log of the Japanese Fulbright Memorial Trip can be viewed on this site by returning to the Home Page.
Mr. Green was also a recipient of the 2007 Toyoto International Teacher Program to the Galapagos Islands. He was one of 24 national delegates to participate in this educational exchange trip focusing on environmental stewardship. See the Galapagos link on the home page for a play by play account of this adventure, complete with photos.
Some of Mr. Green's favorite passions for recreation are sailing at Lake Lanier, camping, guitar, writing, singing, tennis, travel and foreign cultures. Mr. Green has a teenage daughter who attends Lassiter High School.
Favorite summer activity: Annual road trip with daughter.
Favorite hero of the past:Henry David Thoreau
Favorite contemporary hero: Bob Dylan
Favorite food: Vegetables!! Vegetables!
A Favorite Quote: "Dream like you will live forever. Live like you could die today."
Thank you for visiting our site! Students or parents may use this site to download class handouts, surf the web links, play educational games, listen to our music or just view the pix!
For further information about Pope Horticulture, contact Joe Green at joe.green@cobbk12.org
| 07 Sep 2005 by joe |