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Careers & Training
Information and resources to help you start or develop your career in horticulture, including qualifications and courses for work in plant production, professional gardening, landscape design & construction, arboriculture, greenkeeping, groundsmanship and garden retailing. Information on this page is compiled in association with Grow.
Grow Your Career In Horticulture
Arboriculture - education and training
30 September 2011From short courses for craft skills to apprenticeships and even PhDs, arboriculture training providers offer plenty of options, Jack Shamash finds.
CPD - No let-up on learning
13 May 2011Improving skills benefits both staff and employers, stresses Gavin McEwan.
Moving up to management
30 April 2010Having perfected practical skills, if your next step is to manage other people in those roles then training is essential, says Bethan Norris.
Further education - The vocation for more education
30 April 2010There are now more opportunities than ever to study horticulture to Degree level and beyond, says Gavin McEwan.
The Grow initiative: Promoting opportunities in horticulture
01 May 2009The Grow initiative shows that the horticulture world is serious about the next generation.
Careers & Workplace News
Get Into Horticulture
What's it like to work in the different areas of horticulture? What qualifications and skills do you need? Find out here.
- What does a career in horticulture hold for you?
- Ten good reasons to get into horticulture
- Heritage and Conservation - Be a garden guardian
- Business, Production and Food - Growing prospects
- Garden and landscape Design - Changing the landscape
- Health and well being - Turning to horticultural therapy
- Turf, trees and green space - Supporting outdoor pursuits
- Qualifications - Finding your level
- What is a career in horticulture?
- Apprenticeships - A practical approach
- A good foundation: The Diploma in Environmental and Land-based Studies
- Useful organisations and contacts
- Professional bodies - knowledge bases
A Place For Everybody
How your GCSEs and A-levels can help you get into horticulture. Whatever your interests, this diverse industry is bound to have a role for you.
Horticultural Qualifications & Courses
Use our interactive map to find colleges and universities. Then click on the pin to find out what courses they offer.
Career Profiles
How have others built successful careers in horticulture? What attracted them to the world of plants? What training did they do? What are their jobs like now?
Me & My Job - Stephen McCallum, gardens head, MacRobert Trust
10 February 2012- How did you get started in the industry?
Events
Introduction to Beekeeping
- Warwickshire College
- Date: Sat 14 Jan 2012 - Sat 17 Mar 2012
- Venue: Pershore Campus, Warwickshire College
CS38 Climb Trees & Perform Aerial Rescue - NPTC
- Writtle College
- Date: Mon 20 Feb 2012 - Fri 24 Feb 2012
- Venue: Writtle College
Chainsaw Felling Small Trees CS31
- Writtle College
- Date: Wed 22 Feb 2012 - Fri 24 Feb 2012
- Venue: Writtle College, Chelmsford Essex
Movers
- Graham Parker, sales director, Ernest Doe & Sons
- John Barthorpe, UK & Ireland sales manager, Bolsius
- Dr Philip Morley, technical officer, British Tomato Growers Association
- Howard Ley, plant area manager, Cadnam Garden Centre
- Peter Woolley, sales and marketing director, Mercia Garden Sheds
- William Lawrence, chairman, NFU's Next Generation Policy Forum
- Paul Lerigo, marketing head, Bayer UK
- James Buffoni, David Wales, The HTA National Plant Show
- Sarah Martin, manager, Coolings Green & Pleasant
- Neil Jackson, business development manager, Coolings
- PR firm for RHS Chelsea Flower Show
- Jo Pearson, head of flower division, Butters Group
- Becki Haskins, Haskins Garden Centres
- Jessica Gibbons, head of parks and open spaces, London Borough of Camden
- Robin Wallis and Mark Straver, Hortus Loci
Additional Information
Latest jobs Jobs web feed
- Key Account Manager Horticruitment OTE £28K+, UK
- Trainee Gardener Chelsea Physic Garden £13,660, London
- Genuine Horticulturalist Private Estate Competitive. DOE., Oxfordshire
- Garden Centre Sundries Supervisor Horticruitment £18K, Derby
- Garden Centre Manager Horticruitment £33K, Berkshire
Latest Tenders
Contract for the Supply of Horticultural Machinery & Equipment
Sunderland City Council
CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF PARKS
MAINTENANCE AND TREES MAINTENANCE
Wandsworth Borough Council
In This Issue
NEWS: RHS hears call for outsider role in judging
RETAIL PLANT FOCUS: Gladiolus
INTERVIEW: Stowe School head gardener, Barry Smith
MARKET REPORT: Catalogues and point of sale
GROWER PROFILE: BLSA's John Allan
