Horticulture Careers

Information to help you start or develop your career in horticulture, including qualifications and skill requirements for a range of jobs in landscape creation, production, retail and landscape management.

Features

Careers in Horticulture: how the new gold-standard T level will inspire horticulture recruits

Horticulture Salary Survey: what do the past year’s job adverts tell us?

How are employers in horticulture developing their offer to staff?

Horticulture careers - plugging the skills gap

Sargent's solutions - tips on how to optimise your application for a gardening job

Horticulture education update - staying on course

What options will apprentice levy open up for horticulture?

Career changers to horticulture

Sargent's solutions - facilitating staff training

Trailblazer horticulture training set to go live

Exciting opportunities in production horticulture

A world of opportunities in green-space management

Making the most of new routes into garden retail

Landscape design and build fuelled by inspiration

Skills for the modern age

Education Apprenticeships - Tailor-made training

Horticulture courses fine-tuned

Apprenticeships - Trailblazer progress

Landscape training - Skills factor

Recruiting the right staff

Horticulture job case studies

Careers in Horticulture case study - botanic/heritage garden horticulture student - Shaun Ward

Careers in Horticulture case study - golf course/greenkeeping apprenticeship - Paul Selbie

Careers in Horticulture case study - landscape maintenance apprenticeship - Nick Davies

Careers in Horticulture case study - arboriculture/forestry trainee - Alfie Turner

Careers in Horticulture case study - garden design student : Matthew Bracken Hunt

Careers in Horticulture case study - crop technician trainee - Laura Dakin

Horticulture Salary survey: analysis update for 2023

Opportunity knocks for the next generation of horticulturists

Christopher Weddell: English Heritage has a large training programme to support all grades of staff - credit: English Heritage

New careers and training focus for horticulture

Hard facts on skills gaps confirmed by Landscape Institute

Landscape Institute chief executive officer Sue Morgan

Eight positive developments for horticulture careers

Tristram Plants: managers and apprentices

Seven positive horticulture careers developments

Making horticulture more diverse: five questions with Adrian Wickham

Horticulture careers - how to cut through the issue of attracting newcomers

Horticulture obituaries in 2022

Covid booster for horticulture careers

Career changers Charlotte Howard (top) and Nerys Garbett (left) and Bethan Pettit (right)

International Women's Day: top achievements from women in UK horticulture

Guild details industry challenges and opportunities

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: green areas centred around London Stadium

How to grow a horticulture career

Nurturing the horticulture leaders of tomorrow

PODCASTS

Career changers: from music production to horticultural plant production with Neal Ritson

Changing careers from cycling to professional gardening - with Connie Hudson

Careers in the agritech and hortitech industries with Oli Hilbourne of Outfield

Careers in garden management and professional gardening: Horticulture Week Podcast with Colegrave Seabrook Foundation

Scott Smith, Neville Stein and Raoul Curtis-Machin

Careers in garden retail: Horticulture Week Podcast with Colegrave Seabrook Foundation

Liam Beddall, Neville Stein and Steve Barrow

Horticultural education: Horticulture Week Podcast with Colegrave Seabrook Foundation

Lucy Lewis, Sarah Hale and Neville Stein

Careers in plant breeding: Horticulture Week Podcast with Colegrave Seabrook Foundation

Tim Kerley, Simon Crawford and Neville Stein

Careers news

Lords to hear horticulture labour issues

Land-based college ‘outstanding,’ finds Ofsted

Seasonal workers scheme relaxed by Home Office

Sector leaders to present evidence to parliamentary horticulture enquiry

Princess Anne visits new research centre at Pershore College

Government reveals arboriculture careers policy

Plant nursery begins bespoke management training programme

Government answers horticulture education question

Defra says it is aware of labour shortages impact

Mark Spencer - credit: Richard Townshend (CC by 3.0)

HTA criticised for missing out growers, arboriculturists and more in 'diversity of horticulture careers' post

Making a career in landscape maintenance - with Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park apprentices Mark Skinner and Adam James

Labour and fruit and veg production inflation analysed

Ashwood/Dixter traineeship founded

New Year's Honours List - horticulturists awarded

Horticulture has sixth most declining workforce in skilled trades, says new analysis

Applications open for RHS work-based training

Coventry secondary school to offer qualification first in horticulture

An initial year-long partnership between Roots to Fruit Midlands and the Romero Catholic Academy has seen 22 Cardinal Wiseman pupils engage with the programme (Credit: Advent Communications)

Evesham horticulturist receives major regional apprenticeship prize

L-r: Anja Seymour, Worcestershire Advanced Level Apprentice of the Year, alongside host Cally Beaton

Yorkshire nursery announces triple graduation from leadership scheme

L-r: Ned  Antonov, Tom Chilton and Kieron Pattison (Credit: Faith PR)

L’Oréal man takes top finance role at Wyevale Nurseries

Career profiles

5 creative CV tips to help you land your next job

Five telltale signs your CV needs a refresh

How to craft a strong cover letter for your horticulture CV

Career Development

How to future-proof your career against the unknown

Girl handing over CV to future proof career

How to approach your employer about a pay rise

Hand putting money coin on each line rising

Wonderful Workplaces

"We work as one team, we are innovators and we are proud"

Daniel Vickridge at SWISCo shares insider insight into the organisation’s mission, team culture and what makes it a special place to work.

Features

Investing in online learning

Marketing communications

Arboriculture - education and training

Part-time gardener

Fulham Palace, Fulham, London
Gardener x 3

City of London, London
Gardener (Volunteer Facilitator)

City of London, London
Head Gardener, Scotland

Horatios Garden, Glasgow
Home delivery Driver

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Chelsea
Gardener/ Driver - Static site

Fresh Horticultural Careers, South West London
Team Leader - Static site

Fresh Horticultural Careers, North London
Head Gardener, Benarth Hall

Benarth Hall, Benarth Hall, Conwy, North Wales,
Head Gardener, Batsford Park

Batsford Park, Batsford Park. North Cotswolds, just outside Moreton-in-Marsh
Senior Gardener

Belcombe Court, Bath

Horticulture Careers

Horticulture job case studies

PODCASTS

Career profiles

Career profile - Garden Centre Buyer

Career profile - Parks Manager

Career profile - Planteria Manager

Career profile - Garden Designer

Career profile - Agronomist

Career profile - Landscape Projects Manager

Career profile - Landscape Architect

Career profile - Production Manager, Fresh Produce

Career profile - Maintenance Contracts Manager

Career profile - Head Groundsman

Career profile - Arboriculture Team Leader

Career profile - Head Gardener, Private Estate

Career profile - Landscape Estimator

Career profile - Local Authority Tree Officer

Career profile - Garden Centre Manager

Career profile - Head Greenkeeper

Career profile - Gardens Manager, Historic or Botanic Garden

Career profile - Sales Manager, Production

Career profile - Product Developer, Production

Career profile - Production Manager, Ornamental Nursery

"We work as one team, we are innovators and we are proud"

Features

Part-time gardener

Gardener x 3

Gardener (Volunteer Facilitator)

Head Gardener, Scotland

Home delivery Driver

Gardener/ Driver - Static site

Team Leader - Static site

Head Gardener, Benarth Hall

Head Gardener, Batsford Park

Senior Gardener