I am switching from a career in the Law, I spent 25 years in the court system. I just quit my job and move to hawaii to study horticulture and got a job at a nursery store. My family things I’m nuts. For the sake of my health I needed to leave the system.

I appreciate this so much. I'm 18 and a high school graduate and I don't really know what to do with my life. My parents want me to go into the medical field, but I really enjoy plants and growing them. Idk I just want to live life doing something I really like to do. Thank you for the video, maybe I can have a balance between the two!

Halfway through my degree and have been hearing nothing but discouragement from all sides. I was worried I had made a terrible mistake in following my passion. Thank you for this

Very well put. I started a College course as a mature age student then was offered a permanent full time job watering in a very large production nursery. It was physically demanding but immensely satisfying watching seedlings grow: I swear I used to get high on the oxygen they were releasing! The pay was terrible however and the owner destroyed the business putting 20 of us out of work. I put that behind me and worked in other fields. Then one day I was just visiting another wholesale nursery and in chatting with the owner, was offered a position there and then! I worked for that guy for some years. Again hard conditions but very satisfying... If you're happy, that's what counts! 😎 P.S. I now volunteer as a gardener in the retirement village where I live and just love it!

My family has run a ranch that alternated between cattle, corn and cotton since 1899 but it hasn't been cared for in years due to family members dying off, busy lives etc. 3 years ago we got cows, and I've discovered a passion in horticulture. I may not have been raised in a garden but hopefully I can bring the place back to its golden days ♡

God bless you good sir and thank you for making this video. I am a young Job seeker who has floated around in many different industries and had a hard time finding purpose. My first job out of college two years ago was at a nursery. I knew absolutely nothing about horticulture when I first joined. The people I worked for were honest hard-working loving people who gave me a chance and showed me the ropes and I am forever grateful for them. Every day I worked so hard and I learned so much. For the first time in my life I was healthy and fulfilled. After almost 2 years things got hard and I left that job due to some of the negative stereotypes that you mention at the beginning of the video, but not one day has gone by where I haven’t thought about the wonderful people at that place how fulfilled I was working that job, even if I was barely scraping by. It just felt that this is the way God wants us to live. I went back into the music industry and was immediately overcome with negativity and the harshness of the world. All the problems I struggled with came crashing back. And finally, I have decided that there is no other way. I don’t care about money I just want to do good labor and bring something new in to this world. I have decided to open up this book again and start this journey a new with an open mind and a different perspective. There are more options out there than I could’ve ever realized and it is very possible to make a living in this field. I can now see that the positives outweigh the negatives in every possible way and when one door closes another one opens. It’s amazing I’ve talked to so many people in my short time in this industry that have a similar story. Tomorrow I am going in for an interview at a local flower farm and I am anxious as always but I am excited because I know that this is what I was meant to do and I’m ready to work hard and find purpose again. Wish me luck thank. Thank and God bless you all

Thanks for the info mate. I like when you give these insights into the industry

Thank you for this informative video!! I have been into gardening and plants for as long as I can remember. My mother is an avid hobbyist gardener, and I grew up watching her and helping her out in the yard. Im 23 and I’m applying to Texas Tech’s Plant and Soil Science Bachelor’s program, and this really helped make up my mind that it’s the right thing for me. I feared that it would be a bust, I would be super poverty ridden and nothing may come out of it. Thank you!!

I'm really glad you talk about subjects like this! You are the only chanel that educates on this and I really appreciate it!!!

I really appreciate what you are doing. I am looking into Horticulture as my carrer and your vidoes help me a lot and I want to give a big RESPECT for what you are doing. Wishing you all the best in the future.

Thank you for that information. I'm from the US and I'm serving at a restaurant right now and I genuinely hate my job. I want a job doing what I love, which is working with plants (unfortunately lol) but I just didn't know how to make a good living doing it or where to start. After this video i definitely feel i have a good bearing on what i need to do and what direction i need to head in. Thanks man, I appreciate it!

Always enjoy your videos, always informative.

Passed on your interesting video - my son might take your advice. These are days to give a serious thought to work the land...he is a high school professor and owner of land. Thank you so much. Bless you.

Hey Jason, I am such a fan of your videos. I've started propagating, growing, and selling plants out of a small backyard nursery that I've been building up for the past year or so. Although I've had some formal education in horticulture (landscape architecture), there is so much more to learn about the technical aspects and the business side of the industry. Your content is always so interesting and relevant, you yourself are really sharp, articulate, and trustworthy, and I always learn something new each time I watch one of your videos. I believe your channel is one of only... maybe half a dozen(?) or so channels to which I am subscribed, yet I consider your latest uploads to be some of the highest priority videos I want to watch. This is because I know each time I'll get to walk away with at least one more gem of invaluable information, which feels like getting a concentrated dose of knowledge and experience that otherwise would've taken me a long time or cost me a lot to learn on my own. I just got my first greenhouse structure set up in my yard - it's about 10'x20' - and I'm somewhat stuck on what my next course of action should be in getting it from a shell-on-dirt to a fully operational greenhouse - or at least something that I wouldn't be afraid of boiling my plants in! I've done some research, but find that most of the information I come across is at the wrong scale - intended either for a much larger commercial operation or for a much smaller home hobby project. If you have videos that discuss any of the following subjects: greenhouse designs/structures/types/functions, nursery tables/benches, hooking up to water/electricity, misting/irrigation, shade cloth/lighting, heating/cooling, fans/ventilation, clocks/timers/digital automation, parameters for temperature/humidity, day-to-day operations, seasonal management, maintenance, etc. - or even just an in-depth tour of your greenhouses - please direct me to those videos; I will watch them all. If you ever need suggestions for the content of future videos, please consider any of the subjects I just listed. I would be very grateful. Thank you so much for what you're doing, and please keep it up!

Working toward a nursery myself. It's sad that young lady is getting discouragement from all sides. There is a good market in the industry and it depends on what she wants to do. I enjoy seeing young people who are interested in working with plants. So many don't want to do that sort of thing much anymore.

I am going into this files also. I have been growing plants for 40 years now. It time to start moving on up.

Thanks for the video Jason. I enjoy viewing all of yours. BTW, I’ve started using the Alfalfa pellets when planting shrubs by mixing them in the planting mix. Besides adding organic matter, they also aid in the water holding capacity. As a Certified Landscape Designer, i too found out via trial and tribulations, that breaking into an industry as a newcomer can be quite difficult. One MUST have a solid business plan going into it, and have realistic expectations about earnings and expenses. All is not lost though, as the satisfaction I get from designing and installing, as well as using plantings I’ve grown myself (albeit on a small scale) is second to none. I don’t discourage anyone to try though. Thanks again, Warren

I admire you very much and I wish you success and all of your endeavors and I thoroughly enjoy your videos are most informative

At 35 years old I've just done my final exams for horticulture level 2 and about to start level 3 at college in the evenings. I've just got a job on an organic farm because I think I'd like to start a box veg scheme. After doing the course I thought I also might like to work in a plant nursery then start my own. Or even garden design / landscaping, hard and soft.

Thanks a lot. I'm starting with my plants still.

Fantastic video. Very insightful and informative for anyone looking to enter into a career in Horticulture. Thanks for the excellent content.

My son, who is graduating highschool, has some issues with asthma, but he would really love to go into a career growing plants. I'm all for him doing what he wants to do for a career because I think it's important to follow your heart or you won't enjoy your job. I hope his doctor will be able to clear him to do it. I've been sending him your videos, you are very informative.

Very intelligent, informative video for our pupils in our Scottish high school, thanks a lot! I especially loved your informative slides with names of chapters and timings for quick search. Very intelligently made, great enunciation, congratulations, you are a born teacher. ;-)

This was an amazing video, thank you!

Great vid, Jason. Thanks for the insights👍🙏

Finally a good video that explains horticulture

Very helpful- thank you so much!

As this food crisis is beginning, you would think that her family/friends wish she would have started learning about horticulture. We need more people growing food right about now.

Very helpful video, thanks!

This is such an interesting and thorough video. I'm a hobby gardener and it was so interesting learning about the different roles on the industry, thank you!

Thank you for this video!

Very informative video! Thank you!

This video was very helpful. Thank you!

Hello from Scotland! Excellent video. Two of my friends said I seem like a nature inspired person, they could see me working with plants in some way since I have a small collection of indoor plants (which I started 4 years ago). Went to a garden centre on my birthday haha! I think working in a nursery or greenhouse in particular could be fun, I hope it's like you say and they're willing to take in a beginner :)

Very informative, supportive and inspirational.

Really useful video, thank you!

I can grow vegetables and flowers. I recently stopped being an auto tech and am looking for part time work to fund my passion and that will enable me to build planter boxes and experiment with a greenhouse.

Interesting information. Sort of like a mini doco. TFS

you and your charts! yes i do like how you included a venn diagram where it didnt have to be

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

Once I’m done school I’m joining a farm lending company as an underwriter. My family also has greenhouses so I can work in underwriting for half of the year and grow plants for the other half of the year

Sir, Thank you very much,regarding your honest suggestion on how to make horticulture,a profession if one has an aptitude for that !

Interesting in applying as a Nursery / Garden Coordinator! I just graduated with a BS in Plant Science, I’m hoping to join the industry in some way. You’re videos help a lot, many thanks!

thank you for good video for me. Your English is very clear. I am going to be an international student and will study horticulture in canada. I really love your video and I will watch again and again.

I'm so glad I came across this video! I'm contemplating a career change by leaving my office job and going back to school for horticulture to follow my true interests and passions. I too would choose to go to Kwantlen, but how do you decide between the three areas of specialization when they all sound so interesting and rewarding in their own unique ways!?

I’m going into the horticulture business once I’m done with college and I’m so exited!

So informative

Great info

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I turned my obsession for propagating azalea cuttings into a season of selling on eBay…soon discovered I needed a greenhouse to control pests and and climate…I first searched for plants that had the highest selling price with the least competition…greenhouse coming up soon!!!

I suppose for my two cents I would say that if one really wants to get into any field do the research for that field, find people who are working in that field and really get to know what they do. If possible get a type of internship that ties into the field, this doesn’t mean you need a college degree, but it doesn’t hurt. But the most important thing which was mentioned and I agree with is contacts are the way to go as for getting into a business or line of work.

Just applied to the Kwantlen College Horticulture program. Thanks for the great information!

I’m 44 and decided to learn horticulture and botany…I’m tired of working for other people and see this as a way to do something I enjoy and get paid to do it…my particular area of study, cannabis, is still very taboo, however…Fortunately for me, the agribusiness dept head at my local community college is thrilled at the prospect of having a student like me in his program…here’s to a future that’s literally colorful with possibilities…

Great video!😃

The truth of this video hits home incredibly hard. I went to college and got my degree in Horticulture (20 years ago) only to find a wage barely above minimum wage coupled with incredibly long hours. Portions of the job I loved (and want to replicate) and portions I hated (that I want to avoid). I ended up quitting to raise a family and now I'm in the place of trying to re-enter the industry as an entrepreneur. I know the hard work it takes, still love the industry but am a little unsure of where I fit after a long season being out.

I loooooveeee plants and everything this man sais is true. I come from the restaurant industry server for 15 year's good money but my mental health was horrible. I applied for a nursery worker position and 1 week in I got offered a permanent position. It was hard work but working with plants made it worth it the pay not so good but it was a foot in the door to the plant world. I now work for a company that works with homedepot to sell plants it pays good .

I enjoyed your video so much! I am very interested in horticulture. I am looking for a career change and I love nature and plants. However I live in Chicago, IL. Are there jobs that are year round in horticulture in Chicago IL? I don't know much about the industry yet.

I fuckin love his attitude

Massive Like for being upfront about the facts lol

Thanks so much for the video sir . I am a student pursuing my BSc in Agroforestry and I am an enthusiast in Horticulture, a course in my third year of study. I can as well encourage my fellow horticulturists and Agriculturists not to hearsay any negative altitude and reputation by people concerning the horticultural industry. Everything is about having a positive mind and being goal oriented, in conjunction with having interest or the desire to do what your heart loves. Money, a reasonable high pay, are all about how you position yourself in life.

My grandparents and father constantly ask me what ill do in horticulture. Sometimes I'm not sure and they talk down on me. Its As if I could just magically chose some job in any other field and they'd be happy. Thats the thing I don't have a specific job in mind but it surely won't be working at a desk.

I am currently an art major but I have thought about taking on a horticulture minor in university or as a hobby because I love living self sustainably, and I have taken classes in high-school where I have been able to combine both skills to create pots that have sold really well. I was wondering if this would be a sustainable career for one person? I have been discouraged in the past but this is really my dream job, and I think I could do it.

I want to start my own farm growing all the ways I can (greenhouse, hydroponic, outdoor regular farming, etc) I want to grow all year round as well as having citrus trees (in Ohio) what kind of wackiness could I potentially be expecting. Taxes, material costs, anything I wouldn't expect as a greenhorn kind of thing

id really like to get into growing plants and getting into the horticulture field. id love a job like this but, I don't have schooling at the moment schooling isn't an option because money is tight. Now the experience I do have is that I've been working in the Home Depots garden center for more than two years. There I've learned a lot. I'm always willing to learn more and I'm always willing to be taught. Any advice?

Do you see an opportunity or a possibility for making a transition from the corporate world to the horticulture industry making around 50k a year? I hate to sacrifice my current salary to start at an hourly pay or salary making 30k a year. Especially when I have a bachelor's degree in economics. I always loved plants but I was also discouraged early on from pursuing horticulture (or any similar careers). I have experience in growing plants, but I just don't have the industry experience. I am not sure if that really matters or not. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you for this video! Also, any thoughts on going back to school?

I realize this video is now about 2 years old, but in case you see my comment, maybe you can share your recommendation on learning horticulture. What educational materials (online classes, books, in-person workshops) would you recommend for someone who wants to gain knowledge for either self-employment path or to get into the industry sectors, which don’t necessarily require formal college degree? Occasionally I see jobs posted for work at nurseries and garden centers, and better positions require horticultural knowledge, but don’t spell out that they need a degree. All my own knowledge is from just growing plants for my own enjoyment, and I’d like to to take it to the next level.

Thank you for this owesome video. My wife is going to study in the major of horticulture technologist in Canada, but she worries about not be able to graduate as she is told courses in college are not easy, there are a lot of homework, essays, presentations and tests to do, is it true? I think it will focus on hand on work, so it shoud be easier than computer science, account, or majors like that, right? Thank you.

Hi there, I appreciate the video! Can you recommend me some of good horticultural schools in BC? I want to start a landscaping business and also want to own a nursery. Thank you sir!

i'm wonder what the positions and pay scales are for horticulture work at a golf course

Brilliant ! I’m a veteran hairdresser who’s passion is in gardening. KZfaq algorithm knows me well.

I worked in silviculture for 23 years ended up making 100k plus per year

Hi which school did you go to. So if I do a 1yr diploma course from USA, will it be recognized in Canada? I am thinking to switch careers after 20+ years in my current career.

I want to get my horticulture certification, I just can’t seem to find jobs that aren’t landscaping. Where should I start?

I really appreciate your efforts to educate us on horticulture. I have my first degree in biological sciences, and I really love horticulture. How can I reach out to you?

What would be the difference between the production horticulture and the crop side of agriculture?

Hi i am from India and i doing bsc agriculture and post graduate in agri business management is easier to find job

I find this very interesting. As a kid..I wanted to be a farmer and a mother. I grew up in L.A city. When in the 4th. Grade I had to write about what you want to be when you go up. I was influenced by Worid books. That showed a family farm. With lots of happy kids and animals. Growing vegetables. To a black city girl it looked like heaven. But unfortunately when a got up in class.. All the other children were kind of amused But my teacher laughed at me. Like you really don't know what your talking about. Because it will never happen. Because I was crazy. And on top of that with all the kids I dreamed of too. Silly girl ! Anyway I had no idea on how to accomplish this. Their were no classes...Or any kind information..or resources to guide me or anyone to that type of industry. 😕 I wish someone like you could had told us city kid about how to get involved in it. That's why I now as a grown up get alittle upset when I hear that framing working jobs are jobs that Americans don't want to do. I don't see them trying to recruit low income or unemployed blacks. This could help many people like homeless families. All these opportunities what so many Americans don't know of. Well I finally have a small garden. Both vegetables and flowes..and with your help I finally have my 1st rose bush doing wonderfully. Thank U Jason

I'm looking for a job in these fields but I need to make enough to make a livelihood... do you know anyone who can offer that ?

Do you know if I can use gorilla hair mulch on citrus and fruit trees?

Its more of a side business for me, I grow trees for fun (mostly pine maple and oak They are idiot prof) Sell a few of them and plant the rest in the park to help fight climate change.

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Thank you for the information but I don't think horticulture is for me. It seems like there is a large degree of responsibility and I have been known to not be so great with plants. My grandmother however has a green thumb but I just didn't inherit that lol.

Hey! Can I ask which school you went to?

Can a person start his or her own nursery by selling plants and bushes and trees

I am first year student studying Agriculture and Food, I wanna do internship in horticulture industry

Someone having PHD from other countries then what is its career.

Would a horticultural degree help you in the cannabis industry

Growing fruit trees in a nursery is part of horticulture?

Hello are you still responsive to those whom comment

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Is it a male dominant career?

The parents were discouraged about their daughter studying horticulture? That sounds so stupid. You can literally make a living.

Don’t come to me when need grow some food because the world is ending.

Thank you for this video!!