I became a gardener by gardening. Plant something, and learn by doing. I started with Tomatoes, because I like fresh tomatoes.

25 years later, I garden for a living.

Keep in mind, when gardening, you learn more from your failures than you do your successes.
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A number of land colleges exist in the UK. You can study gardening at various levels, up to and including degree. I went to Askham Bryan College in York, which is a great place.

You can also volunteer at your nearest large garden. The National Trust, RHS etc. all run volunteer programmes. It’s a great way to get some practical experience, good for your CV, and handy for references.

The National Trust runs a ‘Careership’ programme. Very well-respected as a means of gaining qualifications and experience. Have a look at their website.

Have a look at the website of ‘Horticulture Week’ magazine. They have careers advice.

Last, but not least, muck about in your own garden as much as possible, read books with pretty plant pictures in, and practise identifying plants, especially weeds. Play with propagation techniques (seed sowing, taking cuttings etc.). Every bit of experience helps. You never stop learning once you start.

Wishing you lots and lots of luck.
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I’m a professional gardener.

One of the best ways to start is to get a job at a plant nursery or garden center, doing anything you can, watering,loading plants, carry out, whatever, just be there and ask tons of questions all the time from the retail people and and learn everything there is to learn about plants. And read, read, read. Find out what programs there are to learn about gardenning, in the US we have Master Gardeners and the university extension groups, perhaps there is something like that there. Study Botany at a university, Landscape design, entomology, anything you can that will teach you about plants and insects.
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Gardening is one of those things that can be more magic than science. In the UK a good place to start looking for information for a formal education in Horticulture or Botany might be Kew Gardens. Almost any large University should have something in Horticulture or botany.

If you want to ‘grow’ or do active breding research a degree in Horticulture might be best, seek a degree in Taxonomy if you want to identify new and unknown plants. In the my country (USA) degrees in Botany tend to be more wide ranging and might include research and management.

While I have been to University I think the best way to learn to garden is to pick something and grow it. Seek advice from people near you who grow the same or similar plants. Joining one of the Yahoo Groups that covers your selection is also a good way to get information directly from people who are growing the same thing.

I’ve spent over 30 years studying and growing ‘rare’ plants and learn something new daily.

Since my interests are mostly in rare and tropical fruit I founded several Yahoo Groups to cover various aspects of growing and using them. My fruit groups are listed on a web site I developed to educate people about rare fruit at:
http://www.quisqualis.com/groups.html

Elaphae
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There are ways just go to any college or university and ask the people incharge there the programs that they have and they will tell you, if not find another job that interests you and buy a house with a backyard and do some gardening. And you can sell some of your plants and do what you want with the money.
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