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Career
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Career opportunities in horticulture are vast and varied. Here are a few of the opportunities that await you:
MANAGEMENT/BUSINESS Landscape, nursery, orchard, vegetable farm, greenhouse, garden center
EDUCATION/RESEARCH Extension agents, horticulture vo-ag and vo-tech teachers, research scientists, plant breeders
COMMUNICATION Garden writers
DESIGN Interiorscapers,landscape
designers
SPECIALITIES Horticulture therapists, public
garden, zoo or city horticulturists
MARKETING Production marketers,
chemical, equipment, plants and seed sales
| How to Prepare |
Courses in chemistry, biology/botany and pre-calculus are desirable.
What Awaits
You in
Horticulture?
Want
to know more about the art and science of producing nutritious food for
the body and beautiful plants for the soul? Like working outside, working
with our hands or being our own boss?Horticulture may be the major
for
you. The horticulture degree teaches students the basic principles of propagation, production, maintenance, marketing and post-harvest physiology of fruits, vegetables, ornamentals plants and herbs.
The
Department of Horticulture at the University of Georgia has an internationally
renowned faculty that provides an extraordinary educational environment
to prepare students for a horticultural career. The faculty works with
students to develop a program that is suited for the student's specific
interests.
Field
trips to nearby nurseries,
greenhouses and landscapes
supplement classroom exercises.
It is exciting to study and work
in an industry that is as dynamic
and strong as the horticultural
industry in Georgia.
