Also called: Nursery Retail Manager
Runs a garden center, ordering plants, managing staff, and helping customers grow successful gardens.
Spring is chaos: trucks of flowers arrive daily, staff water thousands of pots, and customers line up with questions. The manager plans inventory, sets prices, trains staff, and keeps plants healthy in summer heat.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Experience in retail and horticulture; a 2-year horticulture degree helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 2-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Horticulture, Business Management.
Shrinking (about -2% over 10 years). BLS 2025-35 projection band for SOC 41-1011: Decline (-1% or lower).
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps with inventory and ordering; helping customers, leading staff and plant care stay human.
Classes: Business, Horticulture CTE, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-1011.
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