Click arrow at bottom left of image to begin. Requires QuickTime Education and Training Employers usually require that the job applicant be in excellent physical condition, be able to do heavy work, and be able to follow directions. Persons interested in becoming Gardeners and Groundskeepers can take horticultural courses at job training centers, community colleges, or adult schools, although most of these workers are trained by the employer. They fertilize, weed, transplant, and thin plants in public or private gardens. They may also lay sod, prune trees and repair gardening tools and fences.
Landscape Gardeners keep up city, state and national parks.
Following a planned design of the landscaped area, they lay sod or sow grass seed and plant shrubs, flowers, and trees. These workers also trim hedges, prune trees, spray herbicides and pesticides, mow lawns, and remove rubbish. They may also help repair roads, walks, and greenhouses. Greenskeepers maintain the grounds of private and public golf courses. Operating tractors, electric and hand mowers with various attachments, they till, cultivate and grade new course areas.