Pike County Schools Ag Academy hosts annual plant sale
Published 7:01 pm Friday, April 4, 2025
- Students work in a greenhouse to prepare plants for the school’s annual plant sale.
The Pike County Schools Agriscience Academy on the Goshen High School campus will host its annual plant sale Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Christian Stanley, program facilitator and agriculture teacher at the Pike County Agriscience Academy, said the plants available were grown by academy students, who are taking dual enrollment and high school plant science classes.
“The students grew the plants from seeds, plugs or cuttings,” Stanley said. “They have been responsible for all stages of growth with each plant in the greenhouse setting.”
Stanley said through general horticulture, soil amendments and fertilizers, vegetable and orchard crops, fundamentals of agriculture, and middle school agriculture classes, students have learned about growing media, the different forms of propagation, plant nutrition, plant structure and function.
Plants that will be available at the Ag Academy’s annual plant said will include, but are not limited to, Boston Ferns, Spider Plants, Petunias, Begonia, Dragon Red Wings, Macho Ferns, Impatiens, Lantana, Petunias, Pepper, Red Cherry Tomatoes, Beefstreak Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, Bell Pepper, Jalapeno, Pepper Sweet Bananas, Pepper Tabasco, cucumbers, squash, watermelon, cantaloupe and mix match packs.