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Overview
Curators of horticulture manage living plant collections, plan exhibits, maintain garden landscapes and use botanical knowledge to guide care, records and public interpretation.
In job descriptions, look for botanical collections, horticultural design, plant identification, collection databases, budgets, acquisitions, garden exhibits, tree advice, ecology and nature education.
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The role combines botanical knowledge, living collection care and public garden planning. It covers plant records, displays, landscape condition, acquisitions, budgets and interpretation for visitors.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include botany, plant identification, horticultural design, collection management software, database work, tree advice, ecology, contracts and nature education.
Salary context
Pay context depends on collection size, budget responsibility, specialist plant knowledge, staff or contract coordination, public exhibit responsibility and the complexity of garden landscapes.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior botanical collection management, garden leadership, horticultural design, conservation work, public education or specialist advisory roles on plants and trees.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy is mainly plant care, collection strategy, exhibition planning, landscape management or visitor education. Database and budget duties show the curatorial level.
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Occupation group
botanist (2131.4.6)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cc9fcab5-a5c6-4cc9-9606-cbcc2852537f |
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| ESCO code | 2131.4.6.1 |
| ISCO group | 2131 |
| Concept type | Occupation |