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I think it's a verb, but what's the purpose of using ‘’bescheren’’ here? Its meaning always relates to giving gifts. I'm really confused.
One more question: ‘’darin’’ means in this text "like in the school", right?
Das Schulgeld sorgte für Einnahmen, der Verkauf von Obst, Gemüse, Blumen bescherte Umsatz und sollte die Junggärtnerinnen überdies darin schulen, nicht nach dem Einpflanzen mit dem Denken aufzuhören.
In this case bescheren can best be translated into English by to yield.
If bescheren or the noun Bescherung is used in a positve way of giving, it is most of the time related to Christmas. But it can also be used in a negative way, using gift ironically like in Da haben wir die Bescherung which means what a mess.
The darin refers to the relative clause following - they should be trained in not stopping to think after planting.
"bescherte" is a verb in this sentence, your assumption was right. As Volker Landgraf said, mostly "bescheren" is used in context with Christmas, but you can also use it when something has been produced by an action (a nice example I found: Seine Marijuanasucht bescherte ihm Probleme mit der Polizei - His marijuana addiction brought him trouble with the police), or when someone gives/gifts something to somebody else. When used in a positive context, like the sentence you posted, it actually is meant to be positive. In a negative context, like the marijuana example, it comes with quite the sarcastic undertone.
"darin" - I believe that one point of misunderstanding has not been addressed: I believe that you translate "schulen" in this sentence as the noun "schools". If I interpret the last part of your question correctly, that is. It does mean "to school/teach someone in something" though. Capital letters are quite critical in the German language ;) So "darin" is indeed a reference to what the garderners are schooled in, i.e. not stopping to think after the planting is done.
By the way, there is this amazing online dictionary I'd like to tell you about: https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/ It comes with short examples and a ton of links to forum discussions for most words that are difficult, like "bescheren".
Hope I did everything right, that's my first answer on here!
The word 'bescherte' is a verb. It is the time form 'Präteritum' of the verb 'bescheren', which means something like 'grant' or 'bestow' in this context.
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/bescheren_beschenken_austeilen
