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Horticulture

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Enhance your degree with a minor in horticulture

Horticulture is a unique discipline because it encompasses the art and science of growing plants.

UW’s horticulture minor gives students hands-on learning opportunities to practice floral design, landscape design, asexual propagation and sexual propagation, and seed treatments. Students also study greenhouse design, rules and regulations of organic production, pest identification and control, and many other interesting horticulture topics.

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Horticulture Minor Requirements

Curriculum & Courses

Department

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences, & Natural Resources
Department of Plant Sciences

About the Horticulture Minor

The minor in horticulture is a 20-credit-hour program that includes required fundamentals and exciting elective options.

As part of this program, you’ll study a variety of cutting-edge horticulture topics and learn about the technologies that are crucial for the future of horticulture production, including automated irrigation systems, controlled environment systems, and environmental instrumentation.

You’ll also have the opportunity to study landscaping, plant materials, propagation, organic food production, seed technology, plant breeding and crop production in greenhouses, and controlled environments.

The minor in horticulture is NOT for plant production & protection majors.

If you're interested in majoring in horticulture, our bachelor of science in plant production and protection has a horticulture concentration you can pursue!

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UW’s Department of Plant Sciences offers a bachelor of science in plant production and protection with concentrations in agronomy, horticulture, integrated pest management, and agroecology and evolution.

Additionally, we also offer four minors for those outside of our plant production and protection bachelor's program to expand your knowledge across the plant sciences field.

Minors

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What can you do with a minor in horticulture?

A horticulture education opens the door to a wide variety of career opportunities, including vegetable and small fruit production, greenhouse management, and controlled environment crop production. Our students additionally pursue careers in environmental and landscape horticulture, new variety breeding, and production and urban tree care.

Horticulture Careers & Jobs

Here is just a small sampling of jobs and careers in horticulture:

  • Horticulturist
  • Horticulture Technician
  • Golf Course Superintendent
  • Garden Assistant
  • Pest Control Technician
  • Herbarium Curator
  • Landscape Designer
  • Irrigation Specialist
  • Produce Inspector

 

 

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Horticulture Minor Program Highlights

As part of UW’s horticulture program, you’ll get hands-on learning experiences with dedicated faculty and cutting-edge equipment. Here are just a few more highlights of our program that students enjoy.

ACRES Student Farm

Many of our horticulture students enjoy working with UW’s ACRES Student Farm, and all minor students are encouraged to take leading roles there. ACRES Student Farm is a 1.8 acre vegetable farm that is volunteer-based and completely student run. The produce is grown using sustainable methods to support and promote local agriculture.

Hands-On Learning

Here at UW, we believe hands-on experiences are the best way to learn. Horticulture students have access to laboratories and internship opportunities throughout their education. Many students complete paid summer internships with producers, greenhouse producers, federal agencies, and municipalities.

Additionally, horticulture minor students have the opportunity to visit exemplary horticulture-growing facilities, such as greenhouses, vertical farms, and conservatories located across Wyoming. These experiences give students a comprehensive understanding of horticultural production systems in high-elevation desert environments.

This is a great program for anyone looking to gain interdisciplinary skills and knowledge in Agronomy and Horticulture.

- Rhett Greenwald
B.S. in Agroecology (2024)

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Department of Plant Sciences

Department 3354, 1000 E. University Avenue

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: (307) 766-3103

Email: plantsciences@uwyo.edu