Jobs directly related to your degree

• Landscape architect - creates the landscape around us and plans, designs and manages open spaces including both natural and built environments. They work to provide innovative and aesthetically pleasing environments for people to enjoy, whilst ensuring that changes to the natural environment are appropriate, sensitive and sustainable.
• Amenity horticulturist - works on the design, construction, management and maintenance of living, recreational and leisure areas. These include country parks, botanic and public gardens, sports facilities, urban tree planting, historic gardens and landscapes, cemeteries and crematoria, and other public spaces.
• Commercial horticulturist - involved in growing, distributing and selling food crops and ornamental plants. Commercial growers may specialise in field crops, protected growing (for example, under glass), soft and top fruit, hardy nursery stock and cut flowers.
• Horticultural consultant - supports a wide range of businesses and public sector organisations in the successful development of their products and resources. The role may involve business consultancy or technical consultancy (in areas such as crop management, or for public amenities).

Jobs where your degree would be useful

• Environmental consultant - works on client contracts in areas such as water pollution, air and land contamination, environmental impact assessment, environmental audit, waste management, environmental policy, ecological/land management, noise and vibration measurement and environmental management.
• Environmental education officer - raises awareness of environmental issues, promoting conservation and sustainability, and enhancing the public's enjoyment of the environment through teaching and interpreting the natural world. Employers range from local authorities to environmental charities, educational institutions and national parks.
• Interior and spatial designer - involved in the design or renovation of internal spaces, including structural alterations, furnishings, fixtures and fittings, lighting and colour schemes.
• Nature conservation officer - works to protect, manage and enhance the local environment. They encourage people to use the countryside and promote awareness of and understanding about the natural environment, as well as developing policies and setting and promoting targets within national biodiversity action plans.
• Planning and development surveyor - investigates, plans and manages proposals to either build new developments or organise the regeneration of existing sites. Planning and development takes into account both the physical and social impact of the built environment and the commercial viability of any proposals.

Other options 

In addition to the degree, aim to capitalise on all the opportunities your university may offer such as study tours in both the UK and abroad as well as industrial placements working within the design sector. You may also be able to gain valuable experience through collaborative activities set up by your university with artists, designers and community organisations.

You will improve your CV by obtaining paid or unpaid work experience. While many part-time jobs and volunteering opportunities will help you to develop important employability skills such as teamwork and communication, try to obtain experience relevant to your landscape and garden design, such as working as a landscape assistant.

Although some of the jobs listed here might not be first jobs for many graduates, they are among the many realistic possibilities with your degree, provided you can demonstrate you have the attributes employers are looking for. Bear in mind that it’s not just your degree discipline that determines your options. Remember that many graduate vacancies don't specify particular degree disciplines, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed here. Look at your degree... what next? for informed advice on career planning and graduate employment, or login/register with My Prospects to find out what jobs would suit you, a helpful starting point for self-analysis.

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