Horticulture & Landscaping

Learning on the job through an apprenticeship has many benefits for both the employee and employer.

How might we create more awareness about apprenticeship and the benefits?

We as a society are recognizing the many Benefits of Gardening.

How might we encourage more involvement in gardening activities?

Pollinator protection is important to ensure crops are producing seeds and fruit. The most common pollinators are bees.

How might we encourage more support for the bee?

The Fusion Landscape Professional (FLP) “designs, builds, installs and maintains aesthetically-pleasing, water-efficient landscapes that optimize lot level stormwater management and enhance the environment”.

How might we encourage making water-efficient, environmentally conscious landscapes the new norm?

We are seeing an increase in the development of Urban spaces into edible landscapes (15 Organizations Creating Edible Landscapes.

How might we encourage more Urban spaces being converted to Edible Landscapes?

Our world is constantly changing to develop more efficient and safer ways to complete tasks by incorporating robotics systems.

(Ready for robots - Lawn & Landscape)

How might we incorporate robotics to support this sector while maintaining employment opportunities?

What are the most common hazards within the Horticulture and Landscape sector? How might we change/improve the efforts to prevent these hazards?

Virtual reality (VR) is a method to clearly communicate ideas and concepts to clients. (Augmented reality app launches for landscape designers)

How else might we use VR technology to improve the Horticulture and Landscape sector?

Customer Service is a skill that all Industries feel are important for their employees to acquire.

(Business bests: Improving your customer service)

How might we help encourage Businesses to invest in developing their employee customer service skills?

The United Nations has categorized the many challenges we face globally and has developed 17 interconnected Goals. Which Global Sustainable Development goal might this sector be able to best support and How might we help them to support this goal?

Entrepreneurs are considered “agents of change”. They have the ability to “change the way we live and work. Their innovations may improve standards of living, create jobs and contribute to a growing economy”. (Investopedia) How might you be an “agent of change” in this sector?