Horticulture
Overview
Want to dig in the soil? Learn how to help plants grow? Are you fascinated by the living, ecological relationships around you? Want to learn how our community gets its fresh food?
Horticulture provides students with hands-on agriculture experience and education. Warren Tech’s two-acre urban farm, Acres, is the perfect classroom to learn about and grow vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs.
Students will deepen their understanding of horticulture through a focus on soil science, food crops, greenhouse and nursery production and farm business management. The program introduces students to various horticultural and agricultural crops, such as fresh medicinal and culinary herbs, flowers and grains.
Students dive into how our community relies on local farms, greenhouses and hydroponics to feed it. This includes learning about the importance of sustainability as we look to the future of plants and food.
Program Information
The classroom is a two-acre urban farm on Central Campus.
Topics
- Focus on vegetables, fruit, flowers, herbs
- Greenhouse, hydroponic, outdoor production
- Sustainable and organic practices to support restaurants, farmers, communities
- Supported agriculture memberships using the production and marketing model:
- Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
- Classroom labs and field experiments
- Greenhouse management, soil ecology, plant biology
Program length
Two semesters
Location
College credits
Available through Front Range Community College.
High School credits
First semester:
- 1.0 Principles of Plant Science
- 0.5 Soil Science
Second semester:
- 1.0 Greenhouse Production
- 0.5 Crop Production
Front Range Community College (FRCC) course credits
Fall semester:
- Introduction to Horticulture
- Introductory Soil Science
Spring semester:
- Irrigation 1
- Greenhouse Management