How can one of the oldest agricultural education schools in the country be redeveloped into a magnet school of agriculture? What guiding principles can be utilized to preserve the school’s historic past while redeveloping it to meet the needs of a comprehensive agricultural education program? John de la Howe School (JDLH) in McCormick, South Carolina, is one of the oldest labor-intensive skills schools in America. The historic school temporarily closed in 2018 to redevelop its campus and reform its vision. This thesis utilizes an amalgamation of the cultural landscape process and the landscape architecture design process while looking at a diverse assortment of background research, community assessment, and case studies to create informed guiding principles. These guiding principles should provide direction on future development, assist in unifying the campus, support the vision of the school, and preserve the integrity of the campus in a way that honors its historic past.