George A. Spader Horticulture Center

An overhead view of the greenhouses and facilities at the George A. Spader Horticulture Center
Facility Type
Academics

The George A. Spader Horticulture Center offers state-of-the-art amenities available to students, including:

  • 11,368-square-foot greenhouse featuring a high-efficiency computer-controlled climate, automatic heat/shade control, ebb and flood benches, tropical display and hydroponic production areas
  • Outdoor container plant nursery
  • Campus arboretum
  • Botany and tissue culture labs
  • Soils and horticulture production lab
  • Landscape architecture design studios
  • Greenhouse equipped with three walk-in coolers and a display cooler
  • Demonstration hops yard
  • 50-seat lecture hall equipped for laptop use and state-of-the-art classroom instruction aids
  • Photo station
  • Storage house

Programs

Cows graze at the SUNY Morrisville Dairy Complex.
Through the SUNY Morrisville agricultural science bachelor’s degree, you will have the ability to tailor the program to best fit the career you’re most passionate about. Regardless of the path you choose, the program’s curriculum — which was developed with the help of our agriculture industry partners to meet the needs of today’s workforce — will expose you to a wide breadth of courses within agriculture.
Student helping at plant sale
Put that green thumb to work. As a student in our Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) degree program in horticulture business management, you’ll start with a hands-on education in horticulture and grow into an entrepreneur-based approach to owning or operating a horticulture-related business.
Harvesting onions
Cultivate your future. If you love growing and working with plants, whether in a greenhouse, a flower shop or on a farm, hands-on training in horticulture may just be what’s next for you.