Undergraduate Experience

Horticulturists don't grow on trees that's where we come in

High school is in the rearview mirror, and now you’re thinking about coming to Iowa State University to study horticulture.  So, what’s the hold up?

Horticulture Food Crop Production and Management

This field is ripe for the picking.

There are foodies. Then there are Horticulture Food Crop specialists. A career in food crop production is for those with an appetite to cultivate food crops, specifically fruits, and vegetables.

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Landscape Design, Installation, and Management

Dream. Draw. Plan. Plant.

If you’re interested in being a landscape designer, account manager, operations manager, or a member of installation or grounds maintenance crew, you’ll want to plant yourself here.

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Turfgrass Management

Laying the groundwork for future champions.

Are you interested in grooming putting greens and fairways that are on par with the best courses? Or maybe your field of interest is creating world-class baseball fields. If so, our turf is for you.

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Public Horticulture

Plant yourself in the public eye.

Keeping the world we live in looking beautiful is no easy task. Students who choose the Public Horticulture option shovel straight into this challenge, finding careers in grounds management, education, and directing public gardens

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Horticulture Research

You say potato. We say Solanum Tuberosum.

Not all aspects of horticulture require getting your hands dirty. If you’re more into lab coats, microscopes and molecular-level plant development, Horticulture Research is for you.

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Greenhouse Plant Production

Rooted in science. Grown in glass.

From flowering crops to perennial bedding plants, greenhouses are used to grow just about any plant you can imagine. Fruits and vegetables headed for the field are first propagated and grown in greenhouses. Even trees bound for forests and parks start here!

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Academic Options

Horticulture Food Crop Production and Management

Landscape Design, Installation, and Management

Turfgrass Management

Public Horticulture

Horticulture Research

Greenhouse Plant Production

Turn your passion into a profession.

On your horticulture adventure, you’ll learn how to feed the world and make the world more beautiful. Check out our six undergraduate options, curriculum, minors, potential careers and study abroad on your quest to change the world. 

You’ll be able to learn and work beside industry-leading professors who literally write the books others teach from. As a first-year student, you’ll participate in an active-learning, hands-on laboratory experience in our state-of-the-art classrooms, a Horticulture Research Farm and greenhouses. 

You’ll also experience course field trips to farms and vineyards, golf courses, sports fields, landscape construction and management firms, and more. Take advantage of our social and learning communities to help you with classwork and make life-long friends. 

The rich and supportive learning environment and outstanding facilities contained within Horticulture Hall make our department unique. But don’t just take our word for it. Come for a visit and see for yourself.

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