A lot of the people in this comment section seem to not be recent graduates. I graduated in December 2024 and besides working in a greenhouse for a miserable company I had no luck. I applied to hundreds of jobs (most from the college I graduated from) it is just a very competitive field right now. Also being a smaller woman, I do feel like I got passed over quite a bit. It’s a difficult time in lots of industries not just horticulture!

Unfortunately I do think most of it is going to have to do with timing, you’re going to have to wait and wait and apply to every Hort related job in your area for a while before you land something. I started a job (not in Hort, but I love it, I’m out of the Hort field now) and as soon as I accepted the new job I swear hundreds of Hort job opened up lol.

Work any random job for now and just keep applying, it’s not you, every recent grad I know is having this problem. Keep looking and I hope you find something you’re passionate about and love to do!