Program Overview

Horticulture Program

The Horticulture program is the art and science concerned with the production and utilization of high-value, intensively cultivated plants used for food, landscaping, and environmental design. Horticultural plants include annual and perennial species, food crops, and ornamental plants that can be grown outdoors and in controlled environments.

Program Description

The study of horticulture is for those who value and appreciate plants and how they enrich lives. Students pursuing a horticulture degree choose one of the following concentrations:

• Horticultural science
• Sustainable and organic horticulture
• Horticulture landscape design, construction, and management

Career Opportunities

Graduates with a horticulture degree combine diverse fundamental disciplines physical science, biological science, environmental science, social science, art, and design with horticultural crop production and business operations. Alumni work in various roles, including:

• Assistant orchard managers
• Farm managers
• Horticulture field assistants
• Landscape designers
• Vineyard associates Alumni are employed by companies such as:
• Ah Sam Florist
• Bonobo Winery
• Chalet Nursery and Landscape
• Sleeping Bear Orchards
• Drost Landscape
• 9 Bean Rows
• 3-D Design Group

Additional Information

For more information on the Horticulture program, please refer to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The program offers a range of courses that provide students with a comprehensive understanding of horticulture and its applications.