Horticultural Studies

The Green Industry is providing multiple opportunities for employment to adults. Everywhere, employers are looking for laborers with the distinct skills necessary to grow things well and to meet the customer's needs. The Horticultural training program at Shepherds College is aimed at providing qualified horticulture students with the skill sets necessary to find substantial employment within the green industry.

Individual students will find the opportunity to expand upon their interests in working in a horticultural profession by training in working environments here at Shepherds and within the surrounding community. Classroom instruction will provide pertinent botanical knowledge, workplace adaptive skills, and common tasks acquisition. This combination of classroom education and hands-on experience should create an optimal learning environment for acquiring horticulture skills.

The Horticulture program at Shepherds College will focus on three general aspects of vocational preparedness:

  1. Greenhouse Production Operations
  2. Landscape Maintenance Operations
  3. Garden Center/Floral Retail Operations

These three courses of study will equip and prepare our students for the job opportunities they are most likely to encounter.

To learn more about what our students do in the Horticultural Studies program, contact Leslie Leith, our experienced Lead Horticultural Studies instructor at 262.878.5620 ext. 6423 or lleith@shepherdsministries.org