What Kind of Career Can You Expect?
Horticulture graduates work for retail and wholesale nurseries, greenhouses, floral shops, public and private landscape maintenance organizations, highway departments, and other agencies. Graduates often start their own small businesses in various horticulture fields.
Horticulture work often requires much physical labor, sometimes in extreme weather conditions. However, working with flowers, shrubbery, and trees in this field offers interested students many incentives as they work to beautify multiple landscapes.
What is the Outlook for Job Opportunities and Pay?
The horticulture industry continues to grow rapidly throughout the United States. Students who take advantage of this interest in the “green” industry will find many positions available with horticultural businesses as well as public institutions, including government agencies and schools.
The hands-on experience offered through the Boise State Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in horticulture offers excellent career potential. All AAS degree graduates are eligible for entry into the Boise State Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree program.
What Skills, Traits, or Prep Classes Would be Helpful?
– Computer literacy
– Drawing and drafting capability
– Artistic ability and appreciation
– Appreciation of gardening and landscaping
– Beginning courses in biology, botany, art, and design
– Basic business management training
– Outdoor work enjoyment and capability
What Will You Learn to Do?
– Identify and classify soils and plants, including flowers,shrubs, and trees
– Design, construct, and maintain landscapes
– Grow, care for, and arrange flowers and plants
– Prune trees and shrubs properly
– Identify and manage plant pests and disease
– Propagate plants
– Manage greenhouses and nurseries
– Market horticulture goods and services
– Use pesticides and fertilizers safely and legally
– Communicate professionally, both in person and in writing
– Use business computer applications
– Conduct effective job searches Our horticulture training involves classroom learning, as well as field trips to local growers and practical outdoor and plant-growing experience in the student greenhouse. Internships with area nurseries, greenhouses, or floral shops are also
offered.
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