These workers have different titles, depending on where they work and the type of work they do. Garden Workers and Yard Workers condition and prepare soil, plant seeds or bulbs in greenhouses or outdoors, and plant flowers, shrubs, and trees using a work plan. 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.