Horticulture (National Botanic Gardens) South East Technological University

Overview

Horticulture plays a central role in creating, maintaining, and enhancing the landscapes we live in. Trained Horticulturists play a key role in creating beautiful places for recreation and relaxation. Parks, golf courses, public and private gardens would not be possible without skilled people to design, build and care for them. Even fresh fruit and vegetables, key to a healthy lifestyle, are produced by horticulturists.

What jobs are available to horticulture graduates?

The Horticulture industry is diverse and vibrant and demands a constant supply of trained, skilled, and knowledgeable Horticulturists. In a 2016 survey of our graduates of the previous 5 years, 88% of respondents secured full-time employment within 3 months of finishing the Horticulture (National Botanic Gardens) programme from South East Technological University . Having graduated with more than two major streams of study, many of our graduates have multi-stream businesses of their own.

The following are just a few positions in which our graduates are currently employed:

• Greenkeeper - maintaining and building golf courses, sports fields, and stadia

• Stadium Playing Pitch Maintenance Supervisor

• Nursery Stock Producer - producing trees, bedding plants, shrubs, and perennials for the horticulture industry

• Craft Gardener in public parks, private or heritage gardens

• Independent Landscape Designer

• Landscape Maintenance/Building Contractor

• Food Producers (from smallholders producing high value speciality crops to graduates who manage multiacre glasshouse complexes producing fruit and vegetables for national and international supermarket chains)

• Garden Centre Assistant, Owner, or Manager

• Florist / Interior Landscaper

• Horticulture Teacher

• Horticulture Therapist

• Mushroom Growers

• Horticulture Writers and Journalists

• Tree Surgeon

• Vegetable Farmer

• Horticulture Technician

• Landscape Contractor