Plant & Landscape Systems
Welcome to Plant & Landscape Systems
Plant & Landscape Systems is the profession that designs, builds, and maintains beautiful outdoor and indoor environments. Landscape management is all around you - from parks, commercial and residential properties, to interior plantings in shopping malls, hotels, offices, and homes. This is more than a $70 billion industry and it has great career opportunities.
The Plant & Landscape Systems program is accredited by the National Association of Landscape Professionals. BYU offers one of the top landscape-related degrees available with courses in landscape design, construction, management, and interior landscapes. Required business classes lead to a management minor, and a Plant & Landscape Systems minor is available for students in other majors.
Students gain hands-on experience through BYU Grounds, internships, and extracurricular activities. Networking is an important focus in the program and students meet top professionals at career fairs and national events.
The Plant & Landscape Systems Club, National Collegiate Landscape Competition, and many shared classes connect students with each other and their professors in a powerful way. Upon graduating, students are ready for the best employment positions and graduate programs with the skills needed to appreciate, create, and manage beautiful landscapes.
Our mission is to provide the best undergraduate degree that blends education in plants, business, and design. The program focuses on the art and science of 1) creating sustainable, beautiful indoor and outdoor landscapes; and 2) plant production technology in controlled environments.
Through a combination of theory, experiential learning, and networking, our graduates are prepared to excel in a wide variety of professions that connect people with plants. The Plant & Landscape Systems degree fully supports the mission of Brigham Young University.
Green-thumb dynasty: BYU landscaping wins fifth national championship in six years
For the fifth time in six years, BYU students dug, pruned and planted their way to the National Collegiate Landscaping Competition title, the March Madness of college landscaping teams. BYU bested 50 other universities in the four-day event, outscoring the second-place finisher by more than 358 points and breaking the 5000-point total for the first time in the 48-year history of the tournament.
