Specialty Crop

Students learn about plant sciences, horticulture, and gardening, including many related topics such as soils, water, nutrients, root systems, what species of plants do well in the local environment and why, and how to keep land sustainable and economically viable. Middle school students are also invited to participate in the classes.

In addition to classroom studies, students participate in hands-on activities by growing starts in trays placed in an indoor grow room, and caring for produce grown in an indoor horizontal hydroponic grow system situated next to a bank of windows.