The offices of the Employment Development Department is another source for jobs. For current job listings, browse CalJOBS or America's Job Bank . Click arrow at bottom left of image to begin. Most employers require that even beginners have some knowledge of how to care for the plants they grow. Helpful high school courses include chemistry, biology, and botany.
Most workers start in entry level labor or sales jobs and work under an experienced horticulturist.
Some employers require new employees to have taken courses given by community colleges or by the California Association of Nurserymen. A nursery is a place where plants are raised for sale, transplanting, testing and research. Nursery workers help to conserve natural resources and make the environment beautiful. They plant, tend, fertilize, and sometimes harvest flowers, shrubs, and other plants. They work indoors in greenhouses and water gardens, as well as outdoors in parks, private and public gardens, flower farms, and fruit orchards.