Environmental Horticulture

Are you interested in managing turfgrass for golf courses or athletic facilities?  Are you interested in growing and caring for flowers, vegetables, or other plants?  Are you interested in working at the public garden or arboretum?  Are you interested in designing landscapes?

An Environmental Horticulture major prepares you for a career in installing and maintaining landscapes at both residential and commercial sites; overseeing the maintenance of turfgrass at recreational sites such as golf courses; or managing a retail garden center.

Environmental Horticulture graduates typically work as landscape designers, golf course superintendents, or retail garden center managers.

Types of Employers
*Golf Courses
*Arboretums
*Residential and Commercial Landscape Firms
*Nurseries
*Parks, Sports and Recreational Facilities
*Universities and Colleges

Environmental Horticulture Resource List/Professional Associations
Click on the above Environmental Horticulture Resource List to get a list of resources specifically for this major including helpful job posting sites, professional associations, links to articles for the field and a listing of books on the field available in the St. Paul Campus Career Center.

Alumni Careers and Alumni Profiles
Click on the above Alumni Careers and Alumni Profiles to get a list of job titles/employers for environmental horticulture students.  From this page you will also be able to read profiles of alumni with this major.