Horticultural Managers
Job description
These individuals run and coordinate nursery and greenhouse staff activities.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
- Plan, organize, run, and control nursery and greenhouse activities.
- Identify the environmental conditions required to grow plants.
- Develop planting and tending schedules and determine the type and quantity of produce to be grown.
- Hire, train, manage, and supervise staff and set work schedules.
- Identify and control insects, diseases, and weeds.
- Develop marketing plans.
- Educate clients on gardening techniques and lawn and plant care.
- Order nursery and greenhouse equipment, products, and accessories.
- Maintain inventory and financial records.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 57.1% Female
- 42.9% Male
- 57.1% Female
- 42.9% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152100% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in farm Management and Technology
Placement rate: 77.8%
16.7% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Agriculture
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 78.4%
18.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Rural economics
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 68.8%
31.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 100%
Also required
- Experience as a nursery or greenhouse supervisor.
Sometimes required
- Pesticide application certificate (e.g. CD4 Certificate - Application in Ornamental Horticulture) may be required, depending on the nature of the work.
- Membership in the Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec (OTPQ [Quebec Order of Professional Technologists]) may be considered an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Oral expression
- Human resource management
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Active listening
- Teaching
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
- Time management
- Negotiation
- Social perception
- Solving complex problems
- Information processing
- Active learning
- Reading comprehension
- Persuasion
- Systems evaluation
- Written expression
- Material resource management
- Service oriented
- Financial resource management
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Awareness of issues
- Classification
- Written expression
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Originality
- Idea generation
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Digital dexterity
- Colour perception and distinction
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Leadership
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Versatility
- Attention to detail
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Self-employment
- Develop and exploit natural resources
- Work in contact with nature and animals
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 80021
Managers in horticulture
Job titles
- Tree grower - nursery
- Christmas tree farm operator
- Flower grower
- Greenhouse manager
- Nurseryman/woman
- Hydroponics operator
- Nursery operator
- Tree nursery operator
- Greenhouse operator
- Horticultural greenhouse operator
- Hydroponic greenhouse operator
- Nursery manager
- Head grower - cannabis
- Evergreen grower
- Shrub grower
- Hothouse flower grower
- Plant grower - nursery
- Rose grower
- Hydroponics grower
Skill type
Natural resources, agriculture and related production
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Last update: January 29, 2026