Horticulture is a career option!
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Horticulture and all the jobs that come with it are completely overlooked and unappreciated as a career option. Younger people aren't exposed to the option of vocational studying or apprenticeships; meaning horticultural careers are declining. In this video I discuss what drew me to the career and why I encourage others to follow this path.
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This made me so emotional. I work in an industry where people yell at me and non stop complain all day long and it's making me so depressed and miserable. Plants are definitely my therapy, and being in and with nature is my happy place. I have always wanted to work in a job where I could work with plants all day and this made me feel that it IS worth it, and there is a lot I could do working with plants. The money doesn't matter if my mental health is completey destroyed from my current job. Thank you for posting this 💚
You're speaking my story.
Same
I am sorry to hear that is your day to day experience but I'm so glad that you found your love for plants and horticulture
Honestly I got into horticulture because I see a great opportunity with the legalization of cannabis. Used to work in gardens as a kid and some of my teenage years. Then switched to working in several kitchens as a line cook till now. I’m 19. Working in kitchens made me fascinated about all the local farms we would use. Then slowly got into learning how certain plants grow and the science behind it. Also being a stoner lol gave me the motivation to leave the hospitality industry to go to college this fall in horticulture and minor in business.
this is the motivation i was looking for!
Same bro except I'm in my thirties
bro, ijust finished my bachelor in business administration and im about to study horticulture in germany.... i think it will be worth it.... i dream about having a indoor industrial macrofarm full of cannabis.
Same here! How’s it going with that man?
@@kevinacosta5512 I did some research and it seems like horticulture it's not the way to go, it is like a diploma for you to be a gardener or something, im quite lost about what to study now,
i've been really trying to find reasons to go into horticulture because i really love it and i want to make a career of it, so i'm so happy to have found your video!
Hi
Great video! I'm thinking of going into Horticulture, so it's extremely useful to hear from someone young what its really like.
You really inspired me to look more into this career. Thank you🙏
Thank you for watching again! Best of luck in the future :)
Thanks Eleanor, gave me a bit boost after weeding gravel paths for the day!
Capra Goat I love this!! Thank you 😊
I loved your video! I think you are absolutely right, nature and plants are our future and in times like this, when so many people (also me) struggle with mental health from all the pressure around us, this carrier might be a great step! I just applied for the horticulture position yesterday.. and after watching your video I just hope even more that I will get the job. Fingers crossed for me. x
Amazing!! Best of luck with everything in the future and enjoy :)
Glad I came across this video!
I truly believe this is the path for me!!
Very glad it was helpful ! Thank you for watching :)
Eleanor, thank you for making the time to make this video. It has really helped enthuse me as I am currently considering this career change. Complete agreement with all your points and your passion is infectious. Best wishes to you in all you do.
Lorna thank you so much for your comment, I really appreciate it! I will be making more videos with content like this so I hope that helps too 😊 best of luck in horticulture; it’s a great group of people to be part of !
@@rebeccamercer1173 that's excellent! good luck at college, I hope it goes well
I really love the way you articulated yourself through the love of your experience with gardening. "You just appreciate the flower being itself and just for being there." That's really beautiful. I've always believed that gardening is a solace for the soul and I believe horticulture is essential for anybody to learn. It's the one thing we are not taught in school. It is the one of the things that can allow us to experience our inner nature and also grow compassion not just for others but for ourselves.
Thank you for such a lovely comment!
Hi, this was a fab video. Dropped out of uni on another course and looking for a change of direction so your video gave me a really good insight into horticulture!
Thank you for watching, I'm so glad it helped! I have a few new videos up now on studying horticulture that may help in the future :)
Loved this video. Really challenging for some people like me to focus on what you are saying while the backgeound music is as loud. Im glad I did though!
Hi, really like your enthusiasm. In my 40s, done many jobs over 20 + years of working, bought a house, raised a family all that good stuff. Last few years i took some time off work to get a basic education, i left school with nothing more than an Art GCSE LOL! Since getting my GCSEs and A Levels, i have secured a place to study a part time Foundation degree in Horticulture, with a view of returning to full time work at the same time, i start the course next week. I am finding it extremely difficult to secure work within horticulture that will release me on a day a week to attend college. A tree surgery company i have spoken to have urged me to apply for a job they have advertised and we can discuss the day off at interview. They are based 40 miles away from me...LOL, just cannot win at all. Other companies like garden centers local to me had offered me work a few months back, knowing i was attending college, then a few hours later they change their minds and say that they require me full time with no day release, it is so frustrating.
Thank you for watching, I agree it took me two years to find somewhere to work part time with my self-employment and college was hard going for work experience as they didn't have any to recommend, it's so frustrating. Hopefully lots more opportunities will show themselves !
Thanks for sharing this, great video. Inspiring to others!
Glad it was helpful!
I do landscaping (working in the green houses and watering/planting flowers around the park) at a big amusement park and they had a poster in the break room for horticulture and I’m looking for info on the program seeing if it’s worth it. I love this job and thought maybe I’d look into other branches as well
So glade I found your videos - I’m finishing my bachelor in HR and feel so bad about the career that it would give me if I continued down that Path, i’m finishing that degree and going back to school to learn horticulture.
Thanks !!
How is it going? I'm thinking of doing this 💖
I love this video... You made me very happy and hopeful 😊❤️
Thank you so much 💝
Thank you for watching! :)
I'm so glad that I found your video! I recently found a horticulture apprenticeship at Kew Gardens near me and I've been debating if I should go for it or not since I have spent the last 2 years getting my medical condition under control and I am now 22. I honestly don't know why I didn't think about going into horticulture sooner since I loved helping out in the garden when I was a kid. I appreciate your video since it's giving me that push I needed 👍
Thank you very much for watching, I'm glad the video could help in some way :) Best of luck for the future
Hi did you ever do the apprenticeship at Kew? Im interested in it and would like to know if you liked it?
@@BoatwithSoph unfortunately I couldn't do it because of my health so I can't comment on it but I'd say go for it because Kew Gardens is an amazing place
Love your video! 😁❤ tqsm you're encouraging me😊
You got this!
I really want to get into this, I’ve grown gardens in zone 9b for multiple years now but the main thing I want to do is aquatic horticulture for aquariums and that type of stuff. I run a cleaning business for aquariums is a very fulfilling job but I really want to jjst grow aquatic plants. How did you make the transition into going into straight horticulture need the inspiration to leave my job at a deli haha
I just got a receptionist job (today is the start of my second week), its mostly just sitting around and news flash: I hate it. Now my ultimate goal is (was) to be a graphic designer, now I'm seriously questioning that, I love art and drawing and designing, but despite that passion I'm truely dreading spending my working life in offices.
Now, would it be stupid for me to at age 20, to completely uproot my plans and just go for horticulture? it's something that really does interest me, and I think I could really enjoy it if I work hard.
so uh... is it doable? am I being ridiculous? the only kind of gardening I really do is look after my Nans dingy garden and a few of my own herb plants, As well as weeding, god I love weeding and I don't know why
OliveKS I'm a 33yr old Postwoman with a Fine Art degree, looking to start a horticulture career - theres never a bad time to make change if you feel called to it 🙂 maybe volunteer at a local garden or park and see how you feel?
olive, ive gardened for 30 yrs and am one of the biggest awarded landscape. i still am fine with digging and weeding because it produces a beautiful peaceful outcome and i love the plant world. i have trained three daughters and many others to be award winning gardeners. check out sonoma county fair hall of flowers, san fransisco garden show to find work that ive done and others...God's best to yuo and your future
20 is so young! Definitely go for it!
Bryn Kimura I started my landscape career at 20. Still doing it after 35 years
I’m honestly going through a similar situation. Science has always been my favorite subject so before graduating from High School I knew my career would most likely be involved with that. I’ve been stuck on Travel Nurse and Wildlife biologist (botany major). However I was quite firm on nursing first. Pretty much already started building my resume for that specific career. Then, I started dreading the idea of constantly being in a hospital and making such a commitment just to deal with unfortunate encounters, rude managers, etc. I love helping others but there’s just a lot of depth to it. I’m lost which is probably normal during young ages but I just hate not knowing or being certain. But I can say that if you TRULY know you want to get started on something, do it. The passion is there you just have to move forward and locate the drive! Don’t let time or lack of experience define you because truth be told, you’ll never know until you try and give things a go.
Hi Owen, thank you for sharing your experience. What are your qualifications? How long did it take you to get the required qualification? How difficult were they on a scale 1 to 10? Did you have any academic background related to gardening or horticulture before other than private gardening?
I think I will return to school and finish up my degree in horticulture. Ive been missing something the last 4 years
Did you do it?
@@jamesdean44775 not quite, ran into some road blocks with aid and this coronavirus here in the states, but i now drive dump trucks to save money and pay for schooling myself when everything opens back up
@@KA7Blak nice
@@KA7Blakhow’s it going bro
Loved this! Thank you 🌼 definately choosing horticulture as a career.
Best of luck! It's such a great skill to have
@@owensoutdoors6142 thank you. Start in september 😌👍
@@wildflowersar3595 amazing!!
I've been wanting to go into Horticulture because of how rewarding the career paths are. Currently trying to find a program and find a job related to the field since this is my second career choice. Wish me luck 😊💕
Best of luck!
You said you have a blog. Can I get the information from you? I am interested in pursuing a career in horticulture and I loved listening to your video. It was very inspiring, Thank you.
I'm going on 29 worked as a Grounds keeper at 18 and was getting taught about all sorts of stuff from designing to sodding to irrigation but I was too young to appreciate it and now I only wish to have followed through
Oh, why is that?
I’d love to see a vlog yeah!
Soon ! :)
I am a detail gardener in So Cal, and ,.. boy ! Don't the common folk not know much about gardening, but have this emotional need to try to control what goes on in their yard or garden, once someone gets to help maintain, or bring it back from wreck ! Any thoughts on this phenomenon??
I see it here too on occasion but not as strongly! People like to have control over their 'land' don't they !
I've always wanted to try my hand at some of this but never had much opportunity. Im only looking into this because I realised my current course related to renewable energy isn't really for me I dont think but its been so interesting and been quite an experience regardless. 😅😊
Thank you for watching! Great to explore options :)
I've worked in office environments for years and was sick of bullying and politics so quit my job and studied psychology at university but realised it's not for me so am now looking at horticulture. I love nature and flowers which is why I think this might be a suitable career for me. I'd have to do a certificate 3 here in Australia. Will horticulture allow me spare time to continue my art? Thanks for the video, I am glad I found it.
Yes I run a woodcarving business alongside my horticulture and I find that it isn't overwhelming and brings nice diversity to my day :)
so awesome!! thank you for this. also, when you said "sometimes it doesn't rain for an entire month" i laughed so hard. i live in southern california and i forgot it rains other places lol.
Thank you for watching!! lol that's so funny, we have so much rain so it's weird for it to be sunny for more than a week or so !
Hi I got offered by my Boss the option of him paying for my college expenses to study horticulture. Was hoping that you could tell me more about it. I work for a landscaping company. I've been working there for 5 years now. So honestly I never thought about making it a career. I do love flowers and plants in general. I got it from my grandmother. Is just that I'm a little scared because I dont know much about it. Or what I could do or how it would change my job so much. Please guide me so I can understand more about it and see if its fitting to the kind of person I am. Thank you.
Sounds great! If your boss is willing to pay then I'd definitely consider this a serious option as a horticultural course can be expensive. I didn't know if I wanted a career in horticulture when I began my course but the course itself made me realise that I did! The course involves lots of practical work: digging, planting, propagating, weeding etc and theory: designing borders, plant science and plant names. It's such a wide variety of topics that if you don't like one if them it doesn't impact the course very much. Let me know what you decide and good luck !
@@owensoutdoors6142 thank you very much I will keep u posted 😉🙂
@@rememberwhoyouaretarot3730 hey I am also a Horticulture student from INDIA, can you help me to find jobs in this sector
This video is so helpful! I am nearing the age when I leave the sixth form and don't know whether to go to college or not - this has shown me that I may not actually need college to become whatever I want to within the industry. Is it easy to get an apprenticeship in rural locations?
Apprenticeships are definitely available in rural locations. Local firms are being given grants at the moment to take on apprentices. Good idea to google some that may be close to you and to check out some local colleges as often you might have to attend one day a week there too! :)
Office politics and working in an office is utter hell. I've worked in both white and blue collar jobs with a background in manual labour, plumbing, and irrigation and sprinkler systems when I was a teen to now. I'm 27 now and considering moving somewhere warmer with a focus on horticulture in the future. Feeling lost with what I wanted to do with life, all the benefits and opportunities, it feels like my life's opened up to so much different opportunities... Starting wage at certain jobs I"m chasing are decent paid too with reliable and sustainable work... Hands on for life, people who are able to do this kind of work and get this passionate about it are pretty much destined to live happy, fulfilled lives from my experience.
hey great video thanks for all the info! (i'm a complete novice) where would you recommend i start with my studies? hopefully once all this covid stuff is over i'd like to try a career change
Thank you for watching! I have a few new videos up about studying horticulture in covid/online too that may be of use in the future :)
I had a question, loved your explanation of the field btw.
So I’m currently interested in both being a med lab tech but I like horticulture also
I’m wondering if there’s a happy medium for both. Like would they go together?
Medicinal horticulture perhaps? Alternative or non-Western medicine? Plant medicine researcher?
@@FantazomiXroma oh nice thanks , bout to look those up now appreciate the reply
Nice video, what degree did you study to allow you to learn horticulture and hard landscaping within a year? Thanks
Therapy discrepancy, yes, things can become mighty stressfull. If you hold on to the dreamy ideal of what it is that you love about gardening.
in your experience, how is marijuana perceived in the horticulture community? if i ask questions about that or show interest in that field, will i be looked down upon or scoffed at?
@Micheal Ellis shut your bitch ass up
Will be perceived at all if they make it legal one day, currently no opinions on it in the field !
hi, I loved your vid!! I'm looking into horticulture at the moment (obviously I guess haha) but I was wondering how scientific it is as a course/subject? Science just isn't one of my strong suits, thanks so much for giving this video and your insight ❤️
Thank you so much for watching! It can be quite science heavy depending on the path you take! I found it okay to keep up with as I took a general horticulture course and it was 10% science then the rest was sort theory and practical skills. I hope this helps!
I’m interested in gaining knowledge on growing marijuana, do you think this course can help?
Some have said that there is a shortage of doctors in the world,.. the same goes for us Sunshine 🌻
Hello Owen, thank you very very much for your video! 🤗
My 22 years old daughter is interested in hoticulture. Which hoticulture school would you recommend to study with great teaching and affordable school fees? Thanks in advance. 🙆♀️
Your videos are so wholesome n loving ty :)))))
Thanks very much ! :)
I’m interested in horticulture....how do I contact you about diving into this career ?
You're awesomely beautiful!! Thanks for your time and share it.
Thank you very much for watching! :)
I have been intrested in horticulture but then I am currently pursuing my graduation in botany so can I do my master in horticulture?
Are the Irish known for ornamental gardening at all ?
Not really, but depends how close you are to the cities :)
I want to do masters in horticulture...which I have to choose course..?
I’m seriously considering going into horticulture, I’ve held myself back because I have a pollen allergy. Do you think that will be an issue?
There's so many pathways with horticulture, often people don't work outside year round so it is possible to avoid high pollen season... I think you'd have to try it and see, check that you're comfortable outside when the pollen is high etc. I hope it works out !
I'm 16 and found this really helpful.
Thank you for watching, I'm very glad it was helpful !
you motivates me ❤️
Thank you for watching! :)
What is the best course to get into this in the uk? Cheers for the upload
Thanks for watching! I did the city&guilds level 3 horticulture which is the best all rounder course. There are lots of online options. I have a video uploaded of this too :)
I going to graduate high school and i’m thinking about going to a vocational school for horticulture but i’m not sure where to study
Check online courses, they will offer good diverse study and you can work alongside it too :) I have new videos on this out now
@@owensoutdoors6142 awesome!! Thank you :D
Nice Video
Hi Eleanor! I work full time so I am looking to study horticulture alongside my current job until I can make the switch! - do you need a degree or are there any other ways of getting the right qualifications?
Bachelor in horticulture science is available..you can try to pursue that degree
Is horticulture degree is same as biology or plant science degree? Can a horticulturist apply for the posts of biology and plant sciences?
They can but might have to take further small courses to focus on a specialist subject as horticulture is so vast.
09:20 what you want but really really want...you wanna you wanna (if you wanna be my lover you gotta get with my friends) lol
I agree
:)
I am 18 and I want to go into Horticulture but I don't think I am cut out to go to college, what should I do?
I have new videos on this now, including where to study online. A great option in COVID and it's way more relaxed than continuing school
💚
Kinda want to leave sixth form and do an apprenticeship
One of the best decisions I made was leaving the standard route of education and studying a vocational skill
hi ! how do i dm u? or do you have social media! I really really want more information . I’m wanting to explore horticulture and get a job at a plant nursery or a farmers market. I don’t have experience or knowledge and am just overwhelmed with where to start lol. this video was super helpful ! i would love to connect to get more info , thank you !
Thank you for watching! I have some new videos up that may help with these answers, my social media is @eleanorowens_outdoors :)
I really enjoy gardening and want to learn more but the last few videos i've been watching were soooo boring almost put me to sleep. Maybe it's the videos that appear like they're from the 80s and very dull. I enjoy buying new plants and learning how to take care of them. I'm a more hands on person. Anyone else feel this way ? Or suggestions ? Cheers 🙏
Sorry to hear that, getting an actual camera soon with video editing software so this should improve
@@owensoutdoors6142 wasn't saying about your video - your one was a bit more lively haha.
@@acts.412 haha not by much though I need to make it better 😂
great video thanks for sharing
Head Cannabis Grower is my dream 💚
Hopefully one day it'll come true :)
Banzae trees just like in the karate kid movies
I managed to Forrest Gump my way into the horticulture industry managing IT for a wholesale greenhouse. Plants need tech support too. 😏
Horticulture is the answer.
I am in love with horticulture but I cannot see a future making 40 thousand dollars a year. Money, when you have a family, is important. If you can't take care of your family and live comfortably, you shouldn't do it as a career. I really wish the pay was better. There would be a lot more horticulturalists.
I agree, that there is a lack of pay in relation to other careers with a similar course/knowledge requirement but I find it to be a good salary and haven't struggled to pay for life since my business took off
Hi madam
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What do you think is the best way for a 27-year-old to get started in this career? I would love an apprenticeship but with the salary, it is very difficult.
I have some new videos on this including how to study during lockdown :) Online courses are a good option as you can do some cheaper ones that mean you can continue with your current employment and study alongside it
I did a Horticulture and landscaping course with groundwork and it was unbelievably bad
No training how to use tools no overalls to wear
No training to speak of
Should be shut down
Hmm...20K is a nice salary?
Can be seen as low, yes! After making 11k during college it seemed like a dream to me !
20k. Shit....
I have degree in bsc horticulture from India what jobs can I have in ur country plzzzz reply
Have to write ielts
you can always just search it up on your own...
but to answer your question, you can get a job at a bell nursery, farming, weed, etc