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The Program. Students of Environmental Horticulture learn how plants improve the environment and the quality of our lives. Plants are used to revegetate and restore disturbed landscapes, control erosion, and reduce energy and water consumption. The ornamental use of plants to improve the aesthetic quality of urban and rural landscapes, recreational areas, and commercial sites is an important aspect of the study of environmental horticulture.

Students interested in Environmental Horticulture can obtain a B.S. degree in Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry and may specialize in Floriculture/Nursery Management, Urban Forestry, Landscape Management/Turf or Plant Biodiversity/Restoration. Students can develop an individual major with the help of an Environmental Horticulture faculty adviser and approval of the College's Individual Major Committee. A minor in Environmental Horticulture or Landscape Restoration is available to students in other majors.

Career Alternatives. Opportunities in this field include growing and/or managing plants in a variety of settings, including nurseries, golf courses and arboreta, consulting as an urban, landscape, or restoration horticulturist, business ownership, working for public agencies or private landscape firms/corporations, park management and landscape contracting. Students are encouraged to develop internships on or off campus to augment their activities in the classroom and laboratory.