Careers available to professional horticulturists:

• Commercial producer of fruit, flowers, or vegetable crops

• Manager, owner, or technician in greenhouse or nursery business

• Landscape manager or installer

• Landscape designer who designs and maintains outdoor and indoor ornamental plantings*

• Manager or technical specialist in botanical gardens or golf courses*

• Technical writer or artist specializing in horticulture for magazines, newspapers, or software companies*
  
• Sales representative or researcher for the seed or agricultural chemicals industry*

• Consultant for the farming or food processing industries*
  
  
• Vocational agriculture educator at the secondary school level*
  

• Plant explorer to exotic areas to collect and discover new medicinal plants*

* education beyond the AAS degree required