Overview
The University of Florida is a public, land-grant research university - one of the most comprehensive in the United States and home to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The food, agricultural, human and natural resource sciences are changing and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is changing with them to prepare students to face the demands and challenges of the twenty-first century. Educational programs are judged by the success of graduates and our students of yesterday are industry leaders of today. Our educational programs are designed so you too can join the ranks of tomorrow’s industry leaders. One of these programs is Environmental Horticulture: a field of study that is concerned with the art and science of breeding, propagating, installing and maintaining plants that are used to enhance and improve the human environment. Florida is one of the leading states in the U.S. nursery and greenhouse industry and nurseries are one of the largest agricultural commodity groups in Florida. Thus, there are numerous employment opportunities for a student who pursues a degree in Environmental Horticulture. The B.S. degree in Environmental Horticulture offers two specializations: Landscape and Nursery Management and Environmental Horticulture Operations.
