How to start a career in horticulture

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Describing how to start a career in horticulture as schools/colleges do not provide it as a viable option for younger people. It is not accessible for people to study horticulture and this needs to change.
At 18, I was left with no idea what I wanted to do with life or what to study; if I had known horticulture was a career option for me, I would have found my own way a lot sooner.
There are many vocational skills colleges and classes out there; they are just inaccessible for younger people and you face a stigma when applying to them.
I currently run my own gardening business and work in a vocational career day to day. I'd love for others to be able to do the same easily.
Business email: eleanorgraceowens@gmail.com
Social media: @eleanorowens_outdoors

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@jessicaturner9685 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your videos so much. I’m in the U.S. but I have been struggling to figure out what I want to do. I start school in the fall and I was set up for a community college transfer to university majoring in biology. I had so many mixed feelings about it and then I found out the community college has a horticulture program and then I saw your video and switched my major a week later. I’ve been in the garden since I was a kid and I love growing things and watching them thrive. I wish there was a stateside horticulturalist that put out videos like you. Thank you!

@gurjotsingh9997 4 жыл бұрын

Are there good scope in usa after a masters in horticulture..?

@jessicaturner9685 4 жыл бұрын

G S I have no idea. The program I’m looking to take is a vocational associates in applied sciences.

@kristelane8390 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I'm working towards transferring to a bachelor horticulture program. I've been looking at jobs online to make sure there are options and YES there are good jobs. The jobs I've seen have been around $40,000-$170,000 salary. Keep in mind, the more education you have the more you can end up making.

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I'm so glad the video could help, thank you for watching it :) Best of luck for the future, it sounds like you're going to have a good green thumb with that passion!

@LionSPH 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to be a volunteer horticulturist at my local biopark (zoo, botanic garden, and our local riparian area). I am super excited! I've studied herbalism and am relatively familiar with medicinal uses of plants and how to prepare them (salves, tinctures, compresses, etc) but I don't have much experience with growing the plants so I am really excited to learn and start this new journey. I don't know if it's something I will want to make into a career, but I am passionate about conservation and working with plants so we'll see how this goes! Your channel is super helpful and motivating for a beginner horticulturist.

@owensoutdoors6142 2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck!!

@jackstone4291 4 ай бұрын

Lovely and informative and positive. Thanks a lot !

@jessicatharp195 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 33 and just decided to change careers and everything I've ever studied for! Throughout High School and both times I attended College I took all Medical classes and that's where I've always had jobs, in the Medical field. I decided this year that I'm not the slightest bit interested in Medical anymore, my passion is in gardening and plants, I love everything about them and nature itself! I'm hoping this fall I'll be enrolled in a science or Biology program which I can eventually further to a Bachelor's in Horticulture. Yey plants!!! I really enjoy your videos.

@ioanatriboi9172 4 жыл бұрын

It feels like I am reading my experience 😅

@disallusionment4449 3 жыл бұрын

Same here haha

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

It's so nice to read that you've discovered your passion! There's a lot of interest in growing plants/herbs for medical reasons at the moment and you sound like you'd be perfect at that ! :) Best of luck for the future and thank you for watching

@mkenner2419 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information!! Great video🙌

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :)

@irvinwenzile8839 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a Senior Horticulture student in South Africa, I'm done with my theory studies and now looking for exposure in the industry and I wanna start networking with fellow Horticulturists

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

I'm on instagram @eleanorowens_outdoors to connect day to day :)

@pranavramraj5141 3 жыл бұрын

So awesome! I’m planning to create a Seedling business in Durban , South Africa

@irvinwenzile8839 3 жыл бұрын

@@pranavramraj5141 Durban is good for such a business, please do get me in your team if you could. Right now I'm working with other amazing horticulturists also

@meganbryantofficial 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THIS CHANNEL!!

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@zzzwy777 3 жыл бұрын

There is a lot of options ,thank you for the upload ,now things are more clear , I'm based in New Zealand and I'm looking to study Horticulture,I grow plants at home as much as I can ,indoors and outdoors but I will like to get practical experience in jobs as well getting certificates.

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@zzzwy777 3 жыл бұрын

@@owensoutdoors6142 Thanks , I just started working for the Botanic Gardens here in Welly and loving it 🙏🌞♥️

@2CanChewBoo 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@maxcherry6626 4 жыл бұрын

Hope you will still make more videos. You have a great channel.

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

Still making videos now ! Thank you very much for your comment :)

@abbielindsell5169 3 жыл бұрын

Super inspirational, I'm local to west sussex and previously gone to Brinsbury. Gunna take all your advice and try and stop panicking about Latin names 🤣😁

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

That’s cool! Thank you for your comment. Yes try not to worry! I’ve been gardening for over 5 years and barely know half the Latin names. There’s so many. And no one asks for them day to day. 😆

@abbielindsell5169 3 жыл бұрын

@@owensoutdoors6142 Love your advice and can't wait for more videos 👏🌱

@TheFullyChargedGardener 4 жыл бұрын

😀 BEAUT video! 👍

@owensoutdoors6142 4 жыл бұрын

The Fully Charged Gardener thank you!!

@SwayDarlingArt 3 жыл бұрын

currently binge watching your vids. in melb Aus tho.

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching ! It's cool you're on the other side of the world

@CassandraEvergreen 3 жыл бұрын

Me too, but I'm in NSW on the Central Coast! Haha

@michelleangelasantos2340 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you see this even after months of posting. I would love to know more about the apprenticeships in horticulture offered in the UK. I'm from the Philippines and would love to switch career paths to horticulture. Would love to know more about the apprenticeships available there.

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

I have a few new videos up now about horticultural education :) Apprenticeships are available at big gardens like Kew and National Trust houses. Would be good to get a few online gardening courses done first so you can study and work at the same time as apprenticeships are quite low paid at the moment. Thank you for watching my video !

@meganbotterill 2 жыл бұрын

Love this as I am career mapping with my daughter. She lives for plants. Drop the bad music though🙏

@owensoutdoors6142 2 жыл бұрын

Noted!

@Gosia-MG 11 ай бұрын

Is RHS level 2 enough to start at horticulture?

@DustinJJ98 3 жыл бұрын

what's the song name?

@kiahs2934 4 жыл бұрын

Hey! I’m wondering what are the reasons (that you’ve noticed) why someone would drop out of horticulture?

@owensoutdoors6142 3 жыл бұрын

There's a few reasons: the work is harder than people imagine, it's more science-y than people think and the pay is lower than you think at first. There are intimidating parts of all careers but horticulture is not spoken about enough so people are shocked by these reasons when it should just be the norm :)