Horticultural Job Opportunities
With a 2-Year Degree
- Field Supervisor for Landscape Maintenance Firm, including
Arborists
- Floral Designer
- Groundskeeper
- Grower's Assistant in a production nursery
- Illustrator of Plants (photographer or artist)
- Inventory Control Person (buying & selling of plants)
- Landscape Designer
- Parks and Recreation Worker
- Pest Control Operator (with PCA license)
- Propagator
- Sales Person
- Sales Rep for companies selling hort supplies to other
hort professionals
- Supervisor for Landscape Construction/Architecture Firm
With a 4-Year Degree
- Arborist
- Crop Production Supervisor - in Field or Greenhouse
- Curator of Plants at a Museum or Botanic Garden
- Greenhouse Manager
- Horticultural Therapist
- Independent Grower
- Landscape Architect
- Manufacturers Field Service Person (diagnosing plant problems
for growers)
- Newspaper/ Magazine Garden columnist
- Nursery/ Garden Center Manager
- Park Ranger/ Interpretive Educator
- Peace Corp Volunteer
- Plant Inspector, Agricultural Biologist
- Sales Representative
- Seed Technician
- Turf Manager (landscape or sports field)
With a M.S. or Ph.D. Degree
- Botanic Garden Director
- Consultant
- Educator/ Professor
- Extension Advisor/ Specialist
- Foreign Agriculture Liaison Specialist
- Landscape Restoration Specialist
- Plant Breeder
- Researcher
- Textbook Author
Other Job Titles
- Agriculture/ Horticulture Educator
- Agriculture Inspector
- Arboretum/ Park Director
- Arboretum Technician
- Arboriculture Technician
- Botanical Instructor
- Floral Shop Technician/ Designer
- Floral Shop Manager
- Golf Course Technician
- Grounds Maintenance Technician
- Grounds Maintenance Manager
- Grower/ Production Manager
- Horticulture Consultant
- Interior Plant Technician
- Irrigation Consultant
- Landscape Technician
- Park Planner/ Manager
- Plant Breeder/ Propagator
- Sports Field Manager
Page last updated:
May 23, 2007