Horticulture is an applied science, and gaining hands-on experience is an essential component of your education. The wide range of special facilities and unique opportunities to gain this experience sets our Environmental Horticulture program apart from those found at other schools.

As an Environmental Horticulture student, you’ll have access to many hands-on learning opportunities in a wide range of world-class teaching and research facilities. In addition, special program options like Study Abroad, Internships, Honors, and Undergraduate Research can add whole new levels to your educational experience.

Special Facilities:

• You'll take many of your horticulture-related classes in the state-of-the-art greenhouses and classrooms of the brand new Plant Growth Facilities.
  
  
• Our outdoor laboratory, the Department of Horticultural Science’s Display and Trial Garden, is used by students in more than 20 classes during the school year for a variety of experiential learning activities. It is also the primary site of over 500 bedding plant trials each year.
  
  
• Students taking landscape design courses have their own workstation and 24-hour access to our Landscape Design Studio. In addition to teaching design by hand, the studio is completely wireless and includes a brand new computer lab for doing Computer Aided Design (CAD).
  
  
• We also have more than 900 acres of plant collections and display gardens located at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and Horticultural Research Center in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
  
  
• Cornercopia, also known as the Student Organic Farm, is completely student run and offers opportunities to explore sustainable and organic production.
  
  
• Students learn basic and advanced techniques of nursery production in the Teaching, Research, and Extension Nursery.
  
  
• For those focusing on turfgrass science, the Turfgrass Research, Outreach and Education Center (TROE Center) provides an outdoor classroom setting that showcases the latest research in the discipline.

Special Opportunities:

• All students are required to complete an internship approved by their faculty advisor as part of their Environmental Horticulture degree. The St. Paul Campus Career Center provides support in finding and landing internships, as well as full-time employment after graduation.
  
  
• If you're interested in research, scholarly, or creative projects, the University's  Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) offers the chance to work one-on-one with a professor on a project in the area of your choosing.
  
  
• There's no better time to explore the world than during college, and with horticulture nearly everywhere, you'll be at no loss to find a destination. Whether you want to study, work, intern, volunteer, or conduct research in another country, the University's Learning Abroad Center has a program for every student and every budget. If you can't commit to a full semester or year, try our Hort 4000: International Experiences in Horticulture course, which offers the chance to travel to places like the UK, Iceland, and Germany and learn about different aspects of horticulture for 10-14 days during May.
  
  
• Top students seeking additional academic challenges should consider participating in the CFANS Honors Program. For those who want to graduate with latin honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude), a high GPA and participation in Upper Division Honors is required. Upper Division Honors includes three seminar courses and an independent study project.