The Plant Sciences (PLSC) Department is a major academic unit within the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES). The department is comprised of a department head, 6 full-time faculty, more than 10 part-time lecturers, 275 undergraduate majors, 5 support staff, and a varying number of student-assistants. Located on five acres at the northwest edge of the campus core, the Leaning Pine Arboretum is a botanical garden that has grown as a collection of class projects, laboratory exercises, and senior projects over the past 50 years to become the garden visitors experience today. The Leaning Pine Arboretum’s prime mission is to be a living laboratory for student and community education through its living collection of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants that represent the Mediterranean climates of the world. It also provides a space on campus for enjoyment, relaxation, and events within walking distance of the campus core. The other facilities associated with HCS include a 16-acre Horticulture Unit consisting of 40,000 sq. ft. of greenhouse space; extensive outside production and display areas; 7,500 square feet of shade houses. The Department’s Crops Unit includes 70 acres of citrus, avocado, grape, deciduous fruit tree, and berry production and 35 acres of annual vegetable and forage crop production, of which 11 acres are certified organic. The Department offers the Agricultural and Environmental Plant Sciences major leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. Within this major are three concentrations: Environmental Horticultural Science, Fruit and Crop Science, and Plant Protection Science.