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What Types of Careers are there in Horticulture?

All careers in horticulture are based on plants and how they grow. Whether you like the design aspect, or prefer to grow vast fields of healthy nursery stock, or work setting climate controls in greenhouses, a solid basis in plant nutrition, soils, botany, pest management and mechanics are what you will need to learn.

Many people start by working in greenhouses or on a landscape crew and then move up steadily to careers with a greater degree of responsibility and business management.

Visit the links below for a glimpse of the wide range of horticultural career and training choices available in BC. How far up the ladder you go is all up to you!

  1. Botanical Gardens
  2. Education, Research & Government
  3. Floriculture
  4. Garden Centre & Retail Nursery
  5. Golf Courses
  6. Grounds Management & Lawn Care
  7. Interior Plantscaping
  8. Irrigation Contracting
  9. Landscape Contracting
  10. Landscape Design & Architecture
  11. Nursery & Field Crop Production
  12. Parks Systems
  13. Industry-Related Supplier

 

WriterUBC Botanical Gardens
Plant Propagator
IPM Specialist
Educational Director
Librarian
Horticulturist
Director
Superintendent of Operations
Gardener
Curator
Plant Pathologist
Plant Entomologist
Conservation Manager
Arborist
Greenhouse ManagerGrower

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Horticulture TeacherAgriforest Biotechnologies
Extension Agent
Researcher
Horticultural Technician
Consultant
Plant Pathologist
Plant Entomologist
Plant Inspector
Horticultural Therapist
Garden Media

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United Flower Growers AssociationGrower
IPM Specialist
Production Superintendent
Marketing Manager
Inventory Controller
Buyer
Wholesale Florist
Salesperson

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Mandeville at GardenWorksBuyer
Merchandiser
Manager
Specialist: Perennials, Giftware,
Water Garden, Nursery Stock, etc.
Salesperson
Promotion and Marketing Specialist
Greenhouse Manager
IPM Specialist

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Western Canada Turfgrass AssociationGolf Course Superintendent
Assistant Superintendent
Golf Course Technician
Equipment Operator
Turf Specialist

 

 

 

 

 

ForepersonInterior Society of Arboriculture
Crew Leader
IPM Technician Supervisor
Arborist & Utility arborist
Sales Representative
Licensed Pesticide Applicator
EstimatorAssistant Superintendent
Golf Course Technician
Equipment Operator
Turf Specialist

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Tropical PlantsDesigner
Grower
Salesperson
Construction Foreperson
Maintenance Foreperson
Crew Member
Stone Mason
Carpenter

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TechnicianIrrigation
Irrigation Auditor
Designer
Sales Assistant Superintendent

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Pink LotusEstimator
Landscape Architect
Landscape Designer
Manager
Construction Foreperson
Construction Superintendent
Salesperson
Stone Mason
Carpenter
Landscape Technician

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Landscape DesignerBlasig Landscape Design
Senior Landscape Architect
Landscape Architect
Draftsperson
Biologist
Estimator Landscape Architect

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Bowman GreenhousesPlant Propagator
Inventory Controller
Field worker
Field Foreperson / Superintendent
IPM Specialist
Soil Specialist
Manager
Salesperson
Sales Manager
Shipping Foreperson
Broker

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Executive Director of ParksVancouver Parks Board
Operations Manager
Superintendent of Parks
Horticultural Technician
Park Planner
Greenhouse Manager
IPM Specialist
Arborist
Horticultural Supervisor
Gardener
Horticultural Foreperson
Landscape Architect

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Evergro CanadaSeed Specialist
Equipment Dealers
Supplier Specialists

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BC Landscape & Nursery Ass'n

BC Recreation & Parks Ass'n

Western Canada Turfgrass

Short Courses & Certification

CanWest Hort Show

GardenWise

 
 
   
 

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