What Is Horticultural Science?
Horticultural Science deals with the creation, production, distribution and use of fruit, vegetable, ornamentals, greenhouse, turf and specialty crops (plants used for flavoring and medicine). Horticultural Science is probably the most diverse biological science you can study at a university. Not only are the biology and genetics of crop plants interesting, but application of this knowledge is equally important in a myriad of situations. Horticulturists are employed not only in the more typical plant nurseries and landscapes, greenhouses, public parks, vegetable fields, and golf courses, but also in hospitals (horticultural therapy), aerospace (food and recycling in space labs), and zoos (managing environments for animals and visitors). Many Horticultural Science majors go on to work in public sector jobs including, city and state positions like the Department of Natural Resources, the DATCP agencies and others. What they have in common is a strong desire to work intensively with plant
