1. Horticulture Careers

2. Examine Careers Related to Horticulture
Objective 2.01:
Discuss careers and skills necessary for employment in the horticulture industry

4. Definition of Horticulture
Horticulture comes from the Latin word meaning “Garden Cultivation”
Horticulture is the cultivation, processing and marketing of flowers, ornamental plants, vegetables, fruits and nuts.

5. Divisions of Horticulture
Pomology
Olericulture
Floriculture
Landscape and Nursery
Viticulture

6. Pomology
Is the science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing trees grown for fruit.
Apples
Almonds

7. Olericulture
Is the science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing vegetables.

8. Floriculture
Is the science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing flowing plants.

9. Landscape and Nursery
Is the science and practice of propagating, growing, planting, maintaining, and using grasses, annuals, shrubs, and trees.

11. Viticulture
Is the science and practice of growing, maintaining and processing grapes.

12. Horticulture Industry Careers
Greenhouse/Nursery Employee
Garden Center Employee
Grounds Maintenance Employee
Golf Course Employee
Park Employee
Inspectors
Agricultural Biotechnology
USDA
Sales
Green Industry Employee

13. Greenhouse/Nursery Employee
Grows vegetables, fruits, flowers including cut flowers, bedding plants, potted plants, hanging baskets and landscaping plants. Employees do both sexual and asexual plant propagation.

14. Garden Center Employee
Cares for the plants, moves plants and supplies, arranges and displays plants and supplies and sells plants and supplies.

15. Grounds Maintenance Employee
Cares for the land area and plants that surround a business, school, church, industry or other public or private places that have lawns and plants that have to be maintained (includes IPM).

16. Golf Course Employee
Is responsible for maintenance of golf courses including turf-grass maintenance on fairways, greens, tees, etc., and pest management, irrigation, and drainage, sand traps, trees, shrubs, buildings and equipment.

17. Park Employee
Maintains plants, grounds, buildings, facilities, equipment and driveways in national, state, city or privately owned parks.

18. Inspectors
Check plants and materials for disease, insects and other quality issues.

19. Agricultural Biotechnology
Such as technician, researcher, marketing specialist, and much more!

20. USDA
There are career opportunities in working for the USDA, EPA, and the FDA.

21. Sales Positions
In a variety of wholesale and retail areas. You can work for a seed company or a wholesale grower.

22. Green Industry Employee
Works in jobs that are environmentally friendly and have to do with reusing, recycling, and reducing the carbon footprint.

23. Skill, Personal and Educational Qualifications
Skills vary from unskilled to highly skilled depending on the career in horticulture. A materials handler needs few skills but an inspector needs many skills to check for quality, for insects or diseases or for the following governmental rules.
Personal interests and qualifications include:
Working inside or outside or a combination
Working in a group or alone
Working with people or plants
Working at routine tasks or varying tasks
Physical strength to do the job

24. Educational Qualifications
High school graduate or less for unskilled entry-level jobs.
Technical education for skilled jobs
Bachelors, Masters or Doctorial degrees for most professional areas because of required licenses, paper work, research and/or teaching.