| 1856 |
Maryland
legislature established the Maryland Agricultural College. |
| 1873 |
Hobart
Hutton appointed as first "professor of Agriculture, Horticulture
and Arboriculture, Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture |
| 1878 |
A. Grabowski
appointed as first "Professor of Agriculture, Architecture
and Drawing. |
| 1910 |
Department
of Horticulture created. |
| 1914 |
B.W. Anspon
appointed as first "Professor of Landscape and Ornamental
Horticulture." |
| 1930's |
Mark Shoemaker
appointed as first "Professor of Landscape Design" and Holzapfel
Hall occupied by Horticulture Department. |
| 1993 |
Maryland
Higher Education (MHEC) approves BLA. Thirteen Bachelor of Landscape
Architecture degrees awarded that academic year. Department name changed
to Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Robert Scarfo named
first Landscape Architecture Coordinator. |
| 1996 |
Program
moves into the new Plant Science Building and Digital Studio. |
| 1997 |
Department
of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture merges with Agronomy
to become Department
of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture. |
| 1998 |
Landscape
Architecture Program granted intial accreditation by LAAB |
| 2001 |
Landscape
Architecture Program is granted full accreditation |
| 2006 |
LAAB Scheduled
Accreditation Review.
Department
of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture renamed Plant Science and Landscape Architecture |
| 2007 |
Maryland
Higher Education (MHEC) approves MLA |
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