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!
- Botanical Gardens
- Education, Research & Government
- Floriculture
- Garden Centre & Retail Nursery
- Golf Courses
- Grounds Management & Lawn
Care
- Interior Plantscaping
- Irrigation Contracting
- Landscape Contracting
- Landscape Design & Architecture
- Nursery & Field Crop Production
- Parks Systems
- Industry-Related Supplier
Horticulture Teacher
Extension Agent
Researcher
Horticultural Technician
Consultant
Plant Pathologist
Plant Entomologist
Plant Inspector
Horticultural Therapist
Garden Media
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Grower
IPM Specialist
Production Superintendent
Marketing Manager
Inventory Controller
Buyer
Wholesale Florist
Salesperson
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Buyer
Merchandiser
Manager
Specialist: Perennials, Giftware,
Water Garden, Nursery Stock, etc.
Salesperson
Promotion and Marketing Specialist
Greenhouse Manager
IPM Specialist
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Golf Course Superintendent
Assistant Superintendent
Golf Course Technician
Equipment Operator
Turf Specialist
Foreperson
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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Designer
Grower
Salesperson
Construction Foreperson
Maintenance Foreperson
Crew Member
Stone Mason
Carpenter
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Technician
Irrigation Auditor
Designer
Sales Assistant Superintendent
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Estimator
Landscape Architect
Landscape Designer
Manager
Construction Foreperson
Construction Superintendent
Salesperson
Stone Mason
Carpenter
Landscape Technician
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Landscape Designer
Senior Landscape Architect
Landscape Architect
Draftsperson
Biologist
Estimator Landscape Architect
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Plant
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 Parks
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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Seed
Specialist
Equipment Dealers
Supplier Specialists
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