What careers are available in the horticulture industry?

What careers are available What careers are available in the horticulture industry?in the horticulture industry?

What areas are careers What areas are careers available in?available in?

Landscape horticultureLandscape horticulture FloricultureFloriculture Fruits, Vegetables, & NutsFruits, Vegetables, & Nuts TurfgrassTurfgrass OtherOther

What occupations are in What occupations are in nursery production?nursery production?

Nursery production: growing of Nursery production: growing of plants in containers or fieldsplants in containers or fields

PropagatorPropagator Inventory ManagerInventory Manager Field SupervisorField Supervisor ManagerManager SalespersonSalesperson Sales managerSales manager Shipping supervisorShipping supervisor

What occupations are in What occupations are in landscape nursery?landscape nursery?

prepares sites for landscaping, prepares sites for landscaping, purchases and plants trees, purchases and plants trees, shrubs, vines, and turfgrasses shrubs, vines, and turfgrasses as specified by designeras specified by designer

Construction supervisorConstruction supervisor Construction superintendentConstruction superintendent DesignerDesigner SalespersonSalesperson

What occupations are in What occupations are in Landscape Maintenance?Landscape Maintenance?

Care of established plantsCare of established plants Crew supervisorCrew supervisor Superintendent of OperationsSuperintendent of Operations SalespersonSalesperson ManagerManager

What occupations are in What occupations are in Herbaceous Plant and Seed Herbaceous Plant and Seed Production?Production?

Supply seed and young plants Supply seed and young plants to commercial growersto commercial growers

Plant BreederPlant Breeder PropagatorPropagator Independent GrowerIndependent Grower Sales ManagerSales Manager Salesperson and DealerSalesperson and Dealer

What occupations are in a What occupations are in a retail nursery?retail nursery?

Garden Center- retail sector of Garden Center- retail sector of the nursery industrythe nursery industry

BuyerBuyer Landscape DesignerLandscape Designer Plant TechnicianPlant Technician ManagerManager

What occupations are in What occupations are in Arboretum, Botanical, and Arboretum, Botanical, and Horticultural Gardens?Horticultural Gardens?

Arboretum- collection of trees Arboretum- collection of trees arranged in a natural fashionarranged in a natural fashion

Botanical garden- plant Botanical garden- plant collection habitatcollection habitat

Horticultural garden- assortment Horticultural garden- assortment of plants of many different of plants of many different varieties chosen for aesthetic varieties chosen for aesthetic effecteffect

WriterWriter ResearcherResearcher PropagatorPropagator Educational DirectorEducational Director LibrarianLibrarian DirectorDirector CuratorCurator Greenhouse ManagerGreenhouse Manager

What occupations are in What occupations are in Arboretum, Botanical, and Arboretum, Botanical, and Horticultural Gardens?Horticultural Gardens?

What is floriculture?What is floriculture?

The cultivation, harvesting, The cultivation, harvesting, storing, designing, and storing, designing, and marketing of flowering plantsmarketing of flowering plants

Industry directs production Industry directs production toward special holidaystoward special holidays Christmas, Easter, Mother’s DayChristmas, Easter, Mother’s Day When flowers are most often When flowers are most often

boughtbought

What occupations are in What occupations are in floriculture production?floriculture production?

GrowerGrower Production SuperintendentProduction Superintendent Marketing ManagerMarketing Manager Inventory ControllerInventory Controller

What occupations are available in What occupations are available in the wholesale florist area?the wholesale florist area?

ManagerManager BuyerBuyer SalespersonSalesperson

What occupations are available in What occupations are available in the retail florist area?the retail florist area?

Common outlet for flowers, Common outlet for flowers, houseplants (foliage plants, houseplants (foliage plants, flowering plants, dish gardens), flowering plants, dish gardens), and terrariumsand terrariums

Store managerStore manager Sales clerkSales clerk DesignerDesigner

What occupations are in the fruits, What occupations are in the fruits, vegetables, and nuts area?vegetables, and nuts area?

OlericultureOlericulture Production, storage, processing, Production, storage, processing,

and marketing of vegetablesand marketing of vegetables

PomologyPomology Production, storage, processing, Production, storage, processing,

and marketing of fruits and nutsand marketing of fruits and nuts

What occupations are available in What occupations are available in fruits, vegetables, and nuts fruits, vegetables, and nuts production?production?

Depends on climateDepends on climate ManagerManager Processing Company Field Processing Company Field

TechnicianTechnician

What occupations are available in What occupations are available in fruits, vegetables, and nuts fruits, vegetables, and nuts marketing?marketing?

Grading and packaging equipment Grading and packaging equipment and materials, chemical treatments and materials, chemical treatments to reduce spoilage, devices to to reduce spoilage, devices to increase shelf life, shipmentincrease shelf life, shipment

Sales AgencySales Agency BrokerBroker Marketing and Promotional Marketing and Promotional

OrganizationsOrganizations

What occupations are What occupations are available in Turfgrass?available in Turfgrass?

Sod ProductionSod Production Turf EstablishmentTurf Establishment Golf Course Design & Golf Course Design &

MaintenanceMaintenance

What occupations are What occupations are available in Sod Production?available in Sod Production?

Farm ManagerFarm Manager Assistant Farm ManagerAssistant Farm Manager Spray TechnicianSpray Technician Staff LeaderStaff Leader

What occupations are available in What occupations are available in turf establishment?turf establishment?

Construction SuperintendentConstruction Superintendent

Planting SuperintendentPlanting Superintendent

What occupations are available in What occupations are available in Golf Course Design & Golf Course Design & Maintenance?Maintenance?

Golf course architectGolf course architect SuperintendentSuperintendent Assistant SuperintendentAssistant Superintendent Irrigation TechnicianIrrigation Technician Spray TechnicianSpray Technician Landscape TechnicianLandscape Technician Equipment OperatorEquipment Operator

What are other career areas in What are other career areas in horticulture?horticulture?

Horticulture therapistHorticulture therapist Extension Agent or Hort SpecialistExtension Agent or Hort Specialist ConsultantConsultant Communicator in HorticultureCommunicator in Horticulture TeacherTeacher Research Scientist and Technician Research Scientist and Technician

or Assistantor Assistant Plant InspectorPlant Inspector