Do you love being outdoor? Have a passion for the natural world and don’t fancy a job in an office? Working as a gardener, in landscaping or in the horticulture industry might be the career for you.
How to Get Started
Gardening is part of the horticultural industry and there are lots of different career paths you can go down, some roles include garden maintenance, design, cultivation, and planting, propagating rare and important plants and tree surgery.
There are other career options too including research, climate change issues and sustainability, to plant production and management of open spaces.
If you are interested in a career in the gardening industry can take courses in horticulture, landscape management, or agronomy. On these courses you will learn about landscape maintenance and design, turf grass management, botany, and plant pathology.
A lot of recruiters also offer internships, work experience placements and apprenticeships to help give you the training and skills for a future career.
Where You Can Work
• Public and private gardens
• Parks and woodland
• Horticultural facilities and garden centres
• Hospitals
• Schools
• Sports venues and golf courses
• Farms
Work Abroad
You can find jobs in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Recruiters can be private companies, councils, governments, sports clubs and conservation organisations – just to name a few. If you are looking to apply for gardening jobs abroad as a foreigner with no experience this will be difficult to find a recruiter to hire you. A lot of temporary vacancies become available during summer.