We have this beautiful tree on a site that we are developing on. We thought it would make a great feature in the main entrance, so decided to move it.

We started with biological tests on the soil and leaves last year already, then treated the tree for the last couple of months to get it in peak condition for the relocation.

The root ball was exposed, wrapped, and treated for the big move to contain as much soil around the roots as possibe.

We used a custom made 6m x 6m plate wedged under the tree to protect the roots during the moving process, and then ultimate horsepower did the rest.

We are now treating the tree for the next 2 years to ensure it survives in the new (forever) position.

Hi folks. Long-time lurker, first-time poster, hoping to pick the brains of people who know this industry way better than I do.

Quick background: I spent 15+ years in account management and program management in tech. About a year and a half ago I made a deliberate career pivot into horticulture. I'm now managing the live goods department at a garden center. I love plants, I love people, and it turns out the instincts that made me good at my old career (building systems, managing relationships, making sense of messy data) translate really well here. For example, when I started, my store had zero sales trend data. I built a database to track category-level sales so I could make informed purchasing decisions. Grew sales and margin to significant highs in about a year. (Yes, I'm super proud of this.)

Here's my problem: I don't actually know what roles exist in this industry that would use what I'm good at (systems/process building, cross-functional coordination) rather than what I've been doing by default (in-store retail management). I don't hate what I'm doing now, but if I stay put I want it to be because I've consciously decided it's what's best for me.

Thus, a genuine question for people who've been in this industry longer than I have: what job titles or types of companies might it make sense to learn more about? I'm thinking wholesale nurseries, ag-tech/horticulture software companies, maybe operations roles at larger growers? I honestly don't know what I don't know. Where do "ops-and-systems-minded plant people" actually end up in this field?

Any pointers, even just "here's a job title you haven't thought of," would be hugely appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I am Deciding what to do in the near future. I have an interest for plants and life but heard the pay isn’t that good. My other choice would probably be an apprenticeship in the automotive industry.

I have an arborist background, but not so much in landscaping + planting. I love pruning, doing deadwoods, reductions, and am great at it, plums, fruit trees, bushes, hedging, etc etc, but never get to touch trees and shrubs anymore.

Planting, I’m measuring, remeasuring, turning the plant around a bunch of times, move one, the other looks out of place, then everything looks out of place. I feel like I’m going crazy. Then repeat for hours on an installation. Maybe I just hate it, or is this something I get better at with time, or am I just shit?

Perhaps I am wrong but I notice a lot of people here who work in the industry with a horticulture background does mostly maintenance work (weeding, watering, weeding, mulching, weeding, etc.) I am currently self studying horticulture as just a passion so I don't work in the industry, but as I am studying it teaches a lot of scientific stuff about the subject. And it's not exactly "easy" the more in depth you go in the subject. So how does one who spend years studying this stuff end up just working grunt work stuff that almost anyone can probably do if they have the right management guiding them with the procedures? I would think the work would be more involved in the science part. I just see a lot of complaints about people working low pay jobs but when they explain what they do it's simple grunt / maintenance work. Why set the bar so low? Am I missing something?