1. Landscape/ Nursery Production
Agricultural Careers
Landscape/ Nursery
Production

2. Bellringer Name a type of leaf attachment on a stem?
Where are axillary buds found on the stem?
What is an internode?
What does the annual tree rings tell us?
What is a corm?

3. Bellringer What is the photosynthesis equation? What is transpiration?
What is senescence?
Name one growth inducing hormone and its function?
What does Ethylene Gas do?

4. Bellringer Define Sexual Reproduction. Define Asexual Reproduction.
What is Genotype, also give an example?
Name three different cuttings.
Name a underground storage organ.

5. Bellringer Name a function of soil.
Name and/ or draw the different soil horizons.
What are the soil textures and put them in order, from largest to smallest?
What is the difference between soil and dirt?
Draw the pH scale and name the different sections.

6. Agricultural Workforce
20% Of Approximately 21 Million People are Employed in an Agricultural Career
Agricultural Career Require a College Education
400 Thousand people are needed each year to fill positions in the Agriculture Industry
Only 100 Thousand jobs are being filled each year by trained people

7. Yearly Employment Opportunities for College Graduates in Agriscience9% 7%
13% 7%
29%
34%
34% - Marketing, Merchandising, & Sales Representatives
29% - Scientists, Engineers, & Related Professionals
13% - Managers & Financial Specialists
7% - Agricultural Production Specialists
9% - Social Services Professionals
7% - Education & Communication Specialists

8. Industries in Horticulture
Floriculture
Landscaping/ Nursery

9. Types of Floriculture Jobs
Greenhouse Production
Wholesale
Retail Florist
Garden Center
Arboretum, Botanical Gardens

10. Types of Landscaping/ Nursery Jobs
Grower
Landscape Design
Garden Center
Landscape Maintenance Firm
Arboretum, Horticultural Garden

11. Grower- Nursery
Propagator

12. Grower- Nursery
Field Foreman

13. Grower- Nursery
Salesman

14. Grower- Nursery Inventory Controller Field Superintendent Manager
Sales Manager
Shipping Foreman and Traffic Manager
Broker

15. Landscape Design
Construction Foreman

16. Landscape Design
Designer

17. Landscape Design
Salesman

18. Landscape Design
Construction Superintendent
Manager

19. Garden Center
Buyer/ Inventory

20. Garden Center
Plant Doctor

21. Garden Center
Landscape Designer

22. Landscape Maintenance Firm
Crew Foreman

23. Landscape Maintenance Firm
Manager

24. Landscape Maintenance Firm
Plant Doctor

25. Landscape Maintenance Firm
Superintendent of Operations

26. The Arboretum & Horticultural Garden
Writer

27. The Arboretum & Horticultural Garden
Greenhouse Manager

28. The Arboretum & Horticultural Garden
Educational Director

29. The Arboretum & Horticultural Garden
Librarian
Research
Propagator
Director
Superintendent of Operations
Curator

30. How to Start Planning for an Horticulture Career?
Develop an Horticulture Career Portfolio
A collection of your best work on horticulture projects and other career-related materials
This portfolio is used to sell your skills to a prospective employers

31. What to include in your Portfolio?
Resume
Photographs and written reports of projects that you have complete
Newspaper clippings
Letters of Recommendation
Personal and Career Goals
Action Plan for accomplishing your goals

32. High School Enroll in horticulture classes Jordan Tech.
Enroll in college – preparatory courses in English, math and science
Acquire hands-on, skill-development experience

33. Career Plan After High School
Obtain an horticulture job and plan ways to get additional training while on the job
Enter a community college and take courses that will transfer to the college of agriculture
Enter a two-year program in technical agriculture

34. Where to Obtain Horticulture Career Information?
Look for the Career Center under the Site Index.