Careers
Through a career in horticulture, you can improve lives through everything from human health and nutrition to the simple beauty and pleasure we enjoy in our natural surroundings. Horticulturists work to produce the best, most healthy fruits and vegetables. They manage greenhouses and nurseries. They design, build and grow amazing landscape in all kinds of environments.
Growing healthier, more beautiful communities comes under a lot of job titles.
| Horticulture/Garden writer | Sales representative |
| Landscape designer | Greenhouse manager |
| Floral crop manager | Floral designer |
| Landscape contractor | Arborist |
| Urban or park horticulturist | Home and commercial lawn care manager |
| Teacher | Plant breeder |
Just a few places where your life’s work could begin:
| Commercial greenhouses | Bedding plant producers |
| Florists | Seed companies |
| Commercial nurseries | Landscape contractors |
| Garden centers | Arboretums |
| Botanical gardens | Park districts |
| Golf courses | Commercial lawn care companies |
| Consulting firms | Fruit and vegetable growers |
| Produce distributors | Universities and high schools |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Research agencies |
| Extension services | Supply companies |
Learn how our alumni are building a better world every single day.
Caitlin O’Neal
HIGHLIGHTS Education:Horticulture – Emphasis in Landscape Design Graduation:2008 Current Position:Senior Project Coordinator Current Location:Atlanta, GA WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES? Gibson…
Bryan Word
HIGHLIGHTS Education:B.S. in Landscape Horticulture/Design with a minor in business Graduation:2000 Current Position:President/Owner of Blackjack Horticulture, Inc. Current Location:Birmingham, AL WHAT…
Brian Hardin
Director of Governmental and Agricultural Programs for the Alabama Farmers Federation — Montgomery, Alabama …
Bill Barrick
CURRENT POSITION Executive Director of Bellingrath Gardens and Home CURRENT LOCATION Theodore, Alabama ABOUT Bill Barrick received bachelor’s and master’s degrees…
Brian Brown
Student Services Coordinator, Auburn University Department of Horticulture — Auburn, Alabama…
Jane Farr
Director of the Plant Science Research Center, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station — Auburn, Alabama…
Kira Chaloupka
Hometown: Opelika, AL Major: Horticulture If I could be anywhere I’d want to go Home, to Heaven, and I’d like…