Specialty Crop

Sheridan College offers an associate of science degree in plant sciences. This program helps students pursue careers in horticulture; greenhouse, nursery, and garden management; vegetable/fruit/herb production; golf and sports turf management; and many other related fields. In addition to class work in agroecology, agriculture economics, range plant identification, and horticulture science, students have many opportunities for hands-on study in the four student-run greenhouses, indoor and outdoor gardens, a recently planted orchard, a research vineyard, and a variety of laboratories, herbarium, and teaching greenhouse within the Mars Agriculture Center.