we are 2 year program and we really
focus on the applied aspect of that we
do have the four programs turf grass
management production AG agribusiness
management and landscaping ornamental
horticulture what we have here is for
growing agronomic crops greenhouse
productions or growing hydroponic
vegetables using sustainable agriculture
without taking up as much space or as
much land as conventional farming we
have a two hole golf course here with
all the different types of grasses that
are used on the Delmarva Peninsula
students get trained in equipment
operation treatment fungicides and
different types of seeds or turf
production agriculture gets into areas
of soils plant growth producing the
plant and it gets into areas of farming
sort of conventional farming small
farming it gets into areas of sales and
marketing agribusiness management gets
into the professional business side of
an agriculture business classes that are
more geared toward promoting your
program or your business or they may get
into sales of agriculture or own their
own business landscape ornamental
horticulture goes into the landscape
industries the students learn how to
start the plants for spring sales we do
different types of landscaping projects
here on campus we run the gamut here for
landscape ornamental horticulture and
this is how they learn with hands-on
they're in the classroom getting the
basics of soil science and plant
growth and vegetable crop production but
then we immediately take what they're
learning and go in the field and put
that to use in a hands-on way
to prepare them for work in the field
when I first got here I didn't have a
green thumb I knew how to mow grass
that's about the extent of it this was
just bare ground we tilled it up we
build up the beds we got it ready for
seeding whatever we wanted to put on it
and then we put in our irrigation
systems and then we planted accordingly
what we wanted to sell it within our
produce stand pretty much everything you
see in here that is a planter hanging
basket we've started from either a seed or
a plug and we've also done a landscape
design at the new AG building we're
using perennials herbs and trees one of
the things that we really try to
advocate for is that agriculture is not
just farming there's so many
opportunities in agriculture not all of
them are outside in the field some of
them could be in marketing and
advertising and helping farmers get
loans working for soil service so lots
of different opportunities that may not
necessarily be getting your hands dirty
we practice by doing everyday what we do
we're practicing and preparing them for
actual work in the field I did
everything from cutting grass to
learning how to seed transplant
I learned the poultry aspect side of it
all the hydroponic side of it when they
leave here they've gained experience to
see that there are other opportunities
in agriculture without farmers there's
food and no food there's no life
anyone no matter what age who first of
all loves agriculture and wants to
be very hands-on this would be a great
program for them
