UF Offers Online Greenhouse Training Courses

The Greenhouse Training Online (GTO) program offered to growers by the University of Florida IFAS Extension has announced its first two courses for 2018.

The program as the winner of the 2018 Extension Division Education Materials Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science. Over 1,300 growers have participated in GTO courses, with an 80 percent success rate.

The first two courses are Greenhouse 101 and Costing & Profitability. They will begin on June 4, 2018.

Eight courses for greenhouse and nursery growers will be offered this year.  The four-week courses include streaming video lessons, readings and assignments (about 2 hours total commitment per week). Courses are in English and Spanish and can be accessed at any time of day. Click here to register (hort.ifas.ufl.edu/training/).

Greenhouse 101 will address basic horticulture science, and is designed to help staff with no formal training make better crop management decisions.

Costing and Profitability is designed to help grower managers develop the skills to accurately estimate production cost and profit for your greenhouse or nursery business.

For more information, go to hort.ifas.ufl.edu/training, or contact Greenhouse Training, Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, USA, Email: greenhousetraining@ifas.ufl.edu.