Making the world a better place...
one plant at a time
Horticulture is the science and art of using plants to improve human life— through the cultivation of fruit and vegetable crops, providing ecosystem services through sustainable landscapes, and improving human well-being through environmental design. Virginia Tech’s Department of Horticulture offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in a range of applied and basic plant science topics, from landscape design and sustainable urban landscaping, to biotechnology, crop production, and plant breeding.
VT Horticulture News
New Horticulture Alumni Spotlight: Byron Carmean (1970)
Susan Day’s stormwater research is featured in the College of Natural Resource's spring newsletter.
An international team with participants from the US, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia have begun to sequence a Doubled Monoploid line developed by Richard Veilleux. See the website
The Virginia Beach Master Gardener program is featured in a segment on May’s edition of “Down Home Virginia” which runs statewide on various public access stations.
Horticulture graduate and undergraduate students give back to the community during VT's Big Event. more
Graduate Teaching Assistantship Opportunity
