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.
Satsuma tree in Mobile County (Photo by Brittaney Allen ADAI)
Auburn and Alabama Extension guide citrus producers

Working closely with researchers and the teams at the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Kelley uses his Extension appointment to help citrus growers tackle their toughest problems.

Lillee Lombardo smiling on Auburn
Lombardo named agriculture summer graduation marshal

Lillee Lombardo is the Auburn University College of Agriculture's summer 2026 student marshal in recognition of her outstanding academic achievement, leadership and service throughout her undergraduate career.

Azaleas in bloom outside Comer Hall
Agriculture faculty recognized for teaching excellence

Drs. Don Mulvaney and Carolyn Robinson were recently recognized by the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) for their outstanding commitment to excellence in agricultural education. 

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