Career Opportunities in Horticulture

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Career Opportunities in Horticulture

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Why is it good to know this?

• 2 reasons
• Good to know that horticulture is so much more
  than basic farming
• Always good to know what jobs are available in a
  particular field if you are considering changing
  your major or adding a minor

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Career Opportunities
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Landscape Horticulture
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Production Nursery

• Growing plants in containers or fields
• Sold on wholesale market
• Propagation by seed, cuttings, or grafting (ex
  fruit trees)
• Plants grown
• Trees (shade, fruit, evergreen)
• Container plants (annuals and
• perennials)
• Career examples Propagator, Field Supervisor,
  Sales and Marketing

www.networlddirectory.com
www.treenurseries.us
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Landscape Contracting and Architecture

• Landscape Contracting
• Constructing, establishing and maintaining
  landscapes that range from small residential
  projects to large commercial projects
• Landscape Architecture
• Focuses to design large, public spaces that have
  environmental, socio-behavioral and ecological
  benefit
• http//www.dcp.ufl.edu/landscape

www.milieu-design.com
/www.gaialandscapedesignbackgrounds.net
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Landscape Nursery
appeldoornlandscapenursery.com

• Preparation of sites used for landscaping
• Purchasing and planting shrubs, trees, vines,
  turfgrass
• Work with landscape architect or designer
• Career examples construction supervisor and
  superintendent, designer, salesperson

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Landscape Maintenance
www.latrobe.vic.gov.au

• Caring for established landscape
• Mowing, spraying, fertilization, pruning, weed
  control, and planting
• Excellent way to begin a successful business if
  knowledgeable about plants
• Career examples crew supervisor, salesperson

www.enterprisecdd.org
www.seamanslandscape.com
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Herbaceous Plant and Seed Producers

• Commercial growers of ornamental and vegetable
  crops
• Develop new cultivars and propagate plants
• Career opportunities plant breeder, propagator,
  independent grower, salesperson and dealer

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Retail Nursery (Garden Center)

• Plants and items to care for plants sold directly
  to consumers
• Can be part of a chain store or independently
  owned
• Career examples buyer, landscape designer, plant
  technician

www.bigmoosemedia.com
www.tonysgarden.com
/www.whitneysfarm.com
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Arboretum, Botanical and Horticultural Gardens

• Plant collections for study by the general study
  by everyone both in and outside of the
  horticultural field
• Arboretum collection of trees in a natural
  setting
• Botanical garden plant collection habitat
• Horticultural garden many horticultural plant
  varieties arranged to be aesthetically pleasing
• Career examples writer, researcher, propagator,
  educational director, librarian, curator,
  greenhouse manager

phipps.conservatory.org
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Floriculture
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Production

• Growing floral plants and materials
• Career examples grower, production, marketing,
  inventory

www.comesatradehub.com
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Wholesale Florist

• Merchandizes cut flowers and related goods
• Work closely with retail flower shops
• Career examples manager, buyer, sales

www.amystewart.com
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Retail Florist
www.chateaugranville.com

• Sells cut flowers and houseplants (foliage
  plants, flowering plants, container gardens) and
  terrariums
• Main markets include weddings and formal
  occasions
• Career examples manager/owner, designer

i.ehow.com
ww12.1800flowers.com
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Fruit, Vegetable and Nut Production
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Production
envirorealestate.org.au

• Production
• Olericulture production, storage, processing,
  and marketing vegetables
• Pomology fruit and nut production
• Crops are grown, processed and shipped to both US
  and global markets
• Career examples manager, processing field
  technician

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Marketing

• Cleaning, grading, packing, applying chemicals or
  treatments to reduce spoilage and damage in
  transit
• Career examples sales agency, broker,
  post-harvest physiologist, marketing and
  promotional organization

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Turfgrass(Horticulture and Agronomy)
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Turfgrass

• Sod Production
• Production of sod on sod farms
• Turf Establishment
• Establishing sod, sprigs and seed for recreation,
  ornamental, utility or sports use
• Career examples construction and
• planting superintendent
• Golf Course Design and Maintenance
• Design, manage, maintain golf courses
• Career examples golf course architect,
  superintendant, landscape technician

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More Horticultural Areas
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Horticultural Areas
www.therapytimes.com

• Horticultural Therapist
• Helps individuals with heath problems and
  disabilities
• Works with the physically and mentally disabled,
  nursing home and mental intuition patients, and
  those with learning disabilities
• Consultant
• Advises growers and industry professionals
• Communicator in Horticulture
• Prepares and presents educational presentations
  to the media and garden clubs
• Writes magazine or newspaper articles relating to
  plants

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More Horticultural Areas

• Plant Inspector
• Participates in activities designed to prevent
  spread of pests and monitor populations
• Inspect shipments coming into the country
• Jurisdictions at the local, state, and federal
  levels (ex USDA-APHIS)

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Careers Related to Academia

• Agriculture Education Teacher
• High school, technical schools, community
  college, arboreta, public gardens
• Cooperative Extension Agent/Horticultural
  Specialist
• Work as part of the agricultural department for a
  land grant university to provide information to
  the public and to local farmers
• Works with 4-H, home gardeners, commercial
  producers, processors and distributors of
  horticultural crops

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Careers Related to Academia

• Professor
• Teaches and does research at the university level
  different disciplines of horticulture
• Research Scientist / Technician / Assistant
• Works to improve horticulture crops through
  research and develops more economical and
  effective techniques for all aspects of crop
  production

www.ars.usda.gov
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Horticultural Sciences Department

• http//www.hos.ufl.edu/welcome/default.htm

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To find out more.

• General information
• http//www.hos.ufl.edu/undergraduate/default.htm
• For info. about majors and minors
• Major options
• http//www.hos.ufl.edu/undergraduate/curriculum.ht
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• Minor
• http//www.hos.ufl.edu/undergraduate/minor.htm
• Horticultural Sciences Department Undergraduate
  Coordinator
• Dr. Rebecca Darnell rld_at_ifas.ufl.edu

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Presentation References

• Schroeder,C.B. Seagle, E.D.Felton, L.M. Ruter,
  J.M. Kelley, W.T. and G. Krewer. 2004.
  Achieving Success in Horticulture, p.16-49. In
  Introduction to Horticulture. 4th ed. Pearson
  Education by Prentice Hall Interstate Publishing
  Company, Upper Saddle River, NJ.