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Botanical Garden/Arboretum Manager 

UCI Series Concepts

Class Specifications - I.20
Senior Botanical Garden/Arboretum Manager - 9551
Botanical Garden/Arboretum Manager - 9552

June, 1979

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SERIES CONCEPT

Botanical Garden/Arboretum Managers supervise or manage horticultural 
and administrative functions, provide coordination for a number of 
horticultural and botanical activities in a botanical garden or 
arboretum, and perform other related duties as required.

Incumbents interview, select, train, evaluate, discipline and adjust 
grievances of subordinates or effectively recommend such actions; 
coordinate work schedules and assignments to ensure adequate operation 
of the garden; plan, organize, and direct garden and greenhouse 
horticultural operations; make recommendations for planning of garden 
areas and their continued development; advise on the acquisition as well 
as disposition of plants; grow and/or procure plant material for 
teaching and research; furnish botanical and horticultural information 
to students, staff, faculty and the public; review and supervise all 
accounting, purchasing, and inventory activities; supervise 
maintenance of facilities, machinery, and utilities; recommend purchase 
of equipment and supplies; recommend a total budget to a director or 
committee; set priorities on expenditures based on objectives of the 
operations; participate in long range planning of garden activities; and 
arrange tours of the garden for classes and the public.

The Botanical Garden/Arboretum Manager series is distinguished from the 
Superintendent of Agriculture series in that it describes positions 
which utilize horticultural knowledge of a variety of plant species 
presenting complex and/or unusual growing problems in a botanical garden 
rather than positions which utilize horticultural knowledge applicable 
to larger more homogeneous agricultural research sites.

                         CLASS CONCEPTS

Senior Botanical Garden/Arboretum Manager

Under direction, Senior Botanical Garden/Arboretum Managers are assigned 
responsibility for all technical and administrative activities in a 
large botanical garden or arboretum.  Incumbents perform the range of 
duties outlined in the Series Concept.  As a guide to help determine the 
scope of this level, incumbents are usually assigned responsibility 
for an organization employing at least ten full-time-equivalent 
employees in the procurement, care, and/or cultivation of at least 5,000 
plant species.  Consideration is also given to the horticultural 
complexities of the collection.

Botanical Garden/Arboretum Manager

Under supervision, Botanical Garden/Arboretum Managers are assigned 
responsibility for all technical and administrative operations in a 
small botanical garden or arboretum or act as first assistants to a 
Senior Manager of a large organization.

When functioning as managers of smaller botanical gardens or arboreta, 
incumbents supervise garden and greenhouse operations and maintenance as 
well as the administrative functions as described in the Series 
Concept.  When functioning as first assistants to the manager of a large 
botanical garden or arboretum, incumbents are assigned day-to-day 
responsibility for the coordination and execution of facility 
activities.

                      MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Senior Botanical Garden/Arboretum Manager

College level course work in the botanical and/or horticultural sciences 
and four years of experience in horticultural activities including at 
least two years in a supervisory capacity; or an equivalent combination 
of education and experience; and knowledges and abilities essential to 
the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.

Botanical Garden/Arboretum Manager

College level course work in the botanical and/or horticultural sciences 
and two years of experience in horticultural activities; or an 
equivalent combination of education and experience; and knowledges and 
abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties 
assigned to the position

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