Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sciences

The impact of humans on the planet is becoming increasingly evident. Now as never before, we are using the resources of our planet to provide more food, clean water, more energy, and aesthetically pleasing living environments for an ever-increasing population. Students within this department acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them to be responsible productive citizens of the earth.

The curriculum is designed for each student to develop strength and depth in a career area specialty: Environmental Sciences, Landscape Architecture, and Landscape Design/Build. However, all students receive a skill overview of the entire field. Ample curriculum flexibility is provided so that students may elect additional science, professional or business courses. Students may also minor in any discipline outside of their major. This flexibility and interdisciplinary approach helps students develop a background that best fits their personal career objectives.

The University operates approximately 30,000 square feet of greenhouses including the ultra-modern, computerized Arthur Poley Greenhouse Complex. It also operates a field/container landscape nursery operation, lath houses, and a propagation facility, all of which are used extensively in teaching. A modern teaching complex houses a laboratory, design studio, student florist shop, and faculty offices. These facilities are equipped to reflect state-of-the-art standards and are wired for network, Internet and telecommunications access. The sixty-acre main campus, with its landscape plantings, specimens and gardens, is an arboretum and is used expansively as an outdoor laboratory.

The Henry Schmieder Arboretum is a member of the American Public Gardens Association and The Gardens Collaborative. The campus is located close to many large landscape nurseries, greenhouse production facilities, retail and wholesale florists, arboreta and display gardens. Field trips to Longwood Gardens, Morris Arboretum, Princeton Nurseries, and commercial greenhouses, to mention only a few, are taken to enrich classroom teaching.

Within the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Science, the areas of study are:
• Environmental Science
• Landscape Architecture
• Landscape Design / Build