Ornamental horticulture used to be a ______ occupation, engaged in by persons who enjoyed working with their hands in fields, greenhouses, and shops.

• lonely

• silly

• sad

• craft

This worker employee is normally trained on the job, with no special educational preparation required or expected.

• skilled laborer

• unskilled laborer

• middle management

• teacher, educator, researcher

These floriculture professionals provide the materials necessary to transform cut flowers into flower shop products: dried, plastic, and silk materials; decorative containers; ribbons; paints; gift items; register tapes; boxes; and so on.

• wholesale suppliers

• grower

• flower shops

• garden centers

It is through _________ (2) that floral products reach the final consumer.

• retail shops

• growers

• wholesale suppliers

• plants

The education required to be a _____________ (2) can be obtained through college programs at the two- or four-year level. The ideal program would include technical training in both ornamental horticulture and business management.

• horticultural retailer

• flower shop employee

• grower

• unskilled laborer

_______(2) is the artistic craft of the floriculture profession.

• Floral design

• retail shops

• wholesale suppliers

• skilled laborer

This horticulture professional may also be required to train the crew members who will install and maintain the plantings.

• crew leader

• unskilled laborer

• skilled laborer

• grower

The essence of production know-how is the ability to manipulate the environment around the plants in a way that will benefit the crops, not hamper their development - this is most exemplified by the ___________

• grower

• skilled laborer

• unskilled laborer

• retail shops

These employees possess technical skills needed by the firm. They may have acquired the skill through previous work experience or through vocational courses taken at the high school or college level.

• skilled laborer

• unskilled laborer

• grower

• wholesale suppliers

These employees generally have some college training and have made the decision to follow careers in the field of ornamental horticulture. The category is comparatively new, having developed in response to the increased number of college-trained young people in the job market and the rapid expansion of the industry.

• middle management

• unskilled laborer

• skilled laborer

• grower