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Nursery or greenhouse grower
• full-time normally earn between $15,000 and $35,000
• Courses in horticulture are available at 2-year and 4-year colleges, and are becoming more important.
• Good physical condition and stamina, and the ability to lift, bend, and stand for long periods of time are needed. You should also have basic math skills (to mix soils and chemicals), good manual dexterity, and coordination. It’s important that you enjoy manual work and have an interest in plants.

Botany
• Are you fascinated by the diversity in plant life, from orchids to venus fly-traps to oak trees? Do you enjoy learning how living organisms survive and evolve? …Yep
• Botanists—sometimes called plant scientists—are biological scientists who study plants. Their job can focus on many different areas, such as the classification of plant species, the structure and function of plant parts, or plant diseases and their causes.
• A botanist focusing on classification might travel to the rainforest to discover and record all the plant species found in a certain area.
• Most botanists work regular hours in a laboratory, 8 to 10 hours a day, 40 to 50 hours a week. They use electron microscopes, computers, and other specialized equipment to study plant specimens and conduct experiments.
• The national median salary for all soil and plant scientists, including botanists, is about $55,000 a year, though they can earn anywhere from $30,000 to over $100,000. Where botanists fall within that range depends on their level of education and experience, as well as where they work.
• Those who work for the federal government have an average annual salary of about $62,000. Salaries for college professors range from about $40,000 to $100,000 a year. However, exceptional botanists with many years of experience can earn over $100,000 a year.
• High school students interested in pursuing a career in botany should take courses in biology,...