Nursery and Greenhouse Managers

Plan, organize, direct, control, and coordinate activities of workers engaged in propagating, cultivating, and harvesting horticultural specialties, such as trees, shrubs, flowers, mushrooms, and other plants.

Job Task

• Manages nursery to grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display or exhibition, or for research.
• Grows horticultural plants under controlled conditions hydroponically.
• Considers such factors as whether plants need hothouse/greenhouse or natural weather growing conditions.
• Determines type and quantity of horticultural plants to be grown, such as trees, shrubs, flowers, ornamental plants, or vegetables, based on budget, projected sales volume, or executive directive.
• Hires workers and directs supervisors and workers planting seeds, controlling plant growth and disease, potting, or cutting plants for marketing.
• Selects and purchases seed, plant nutrients, and disease control chemicals.
• Confers with horticultural personnel in planning facility renovations or additions.
• Negotiates contracts for lease of lands or trucks or for purchase of trees.
• Coordinates clerical, record keeping, inventory, requisition, and marketing activities.
• Tours work areas to observe work being done, to inspect crops, and to evaluate plant and soil conditions.

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