Growing healthy food & beautiful communities

We discover and promote sustainable ways to produce healthier fruits and vegetables. We design, build and grow amazing landscapes. And we work to do all this in ways that protect and preserve the natural environments around us.

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Degree Programs

Our undergraduate and graduate programs offer science-based training in the latest, most innovative agricultural and horticultural methods, techniques and technology. Graduates of these programs lead highly profitable careers with major nurseries, landscape companies, farming operations, research institutes and academia.

Degrees available:
B.S.
Degrees available:
Minor | B.S. | M.S. | M.Ag. | Ph.D.
Degrees available:
Certificate
FoodU
See how Auburn horticulture students help feed their university community.
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The power of plants

Master Gardners coordinator Kerry Smith is hoping the Auburn Family will help her expand the program's impact on communities across Alabama.

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Farewell to Funchess

The Auburn University College of Agriculture will host Farewell to Funchess from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25.

New Place Like Home

Auburn's new $224 million STEM + Agricultural Sciences Complex brings six departments, cutting-edge research spaces and a new vision for collaboration under one roof. The university's largest research construction project was designed not just for the science happening today, but for the discoveries still to come.

Contact Us
Department of Horticulture
334-844-8906
hort@auburn.edu