Kingstec Horticulture Facilities

Nova Scotia Community College, Kingstec Campus boasts one of the most desirable horticultural training facilities in Eastern Canada. The main greenhouse structure has been designed to create a flexible learning environment. Students will have the opportunity to produce plant material, gardens and displays for the campus and the surrounding communities.

The horticultural training facilities are divided among various buildings and locations on the Kingstec campus:

The Main Greenhouse
This is a 200 foot Quonset style structure with approximately 6000 square feet of space in three sections:

Frost-free growing environment for student practice

Seed germination in one of our greenhouse facilities

Production House
(click for virtual tour 1 : 2)

Horticulture students grow and produce plant crops focusing on ornamental material for the greenhouse, nursery and retail trades.

Winter indoor work areas
(click for virtual tour 1 : 2 : 3)

Our unique frost free environments are designed for students to practice Horticultural skills during the winter months.

Propagation House
(click for virtual tour 1)

A modern facility with a mist bed propagation area and seed germination chamber for grafting, cutting and seed propagation.


		Crystal Palace Display House A distinctive collection of plants in small theme based displays completely built by students. Click for a virtual tour of the Crystal Palace Display House
		Header House and Classrooms A multi-purpose space equipped with stainless steel benches in a controlled environment. Dedicated classrooms are outfitted with related horticultural resource material Click for a virtual tour of one of our classrooms

		Retail Store and Atrium A small multi-purpose space with a small atrium designed to practice merchandising and display of plant material and other horticultural products. Students will produce, display and sell many of the products in this space.
		Coldframe A Quonset style, functional coldframe that is used to produce and overwinter hardy nursery stock.

		Coolhouse A Quonset style, cool greenhouse used to store our unique container plant collection. Click for a virtual tour of one of our cool greenhouses
		Equipment Storage Facility This space stores our Horticultural power equipment, tools, materials and supplies.

		Campus Classroom: The Grounds at Kingstec Unique, as this is our outdoor classroom used throughout your horticultural experience at Kingstec. It comprises several small eclectic theme based gardens and collections that are used for study and maintained by the students. Click for a virtual tour of one of our exterior settings