Red Butte Garden is Utah’s Botanical Garden, nestled between campus and the foothills at the mouth of Red Butte Canyon. Botanical gardens perform many roles beyond just creating a beautiful garden for people to enjoy. Research and conservation work at the garden includes collecting and maintaining a seed bank of Utah native rare plant seeds, conducting horticultural trials, and field and lab studies of the ecology and physiology of native plant species. 

 Students participating in this stream will have the opportunity to conduct research primarily with our seed bank: testing seed viability and developing germination protocols for rare native plants. In addition, they will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of other research activities at the garden, including collecting data as part of our plant trials and hybrid oak programs.