Specialty Crop

As part of their curriculum, students taking the Ten Sleep School horticulture class learn about growing vegetables, herbs, and fruits and also what it takes to succeed as a start-up business. Students learn about growing produce in both a controlled environment (greenhouse located at the Ten Sleep School) and an outdoor environment (Ten Sleep Garden/see listing above). Students grow vegetable starts in the greenhouse, and some of the starts are sold to local residents to help make the school horticulture program financially sustainable. From late winter and early spring (when seeds are started) through fall, students are educated about the various stages of plant growth and many other aspects of plants and gardening—for example, the difference between dicots and monocots and how to properly care for them to grow healthy, vigorous plants that produce quality vegetables and optimum yields.