Assistant Gardener

We are looking for an Assistant Gardener with gardening, farming, or landscape design experience.

Hours: Full-time (35 – 40 hours a week), March through November, with employees expected to return every season

What you’ll do:

• Install and maintain private unique residential gardens

• Interpret landscape design plans

• Gain valuable horticulture experience

• Plant annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs

• Correctly identify various plants, including weeds, and their preferred growing conditions to provide individualized, expert care in the garden.

• Prune trees and shrubs

• Weeding, watering, organically treating pests and diseases, deadheading, etc. All the tasks listed on our “Services” page.

• Work closely with a small team of builders, artisans, and laborers to build landscapes

Essential skills and attributes:

• Previous experience gardening, landscaping, or in food-based agriculture

• Have a valid driver’s license and a reliable vehicle

• Fluency in English

• Desire to grow with a one-of-a-kind small business for the long haul

• Hardworking, dedicated, efficient, and flexible

• Able to perform labor tasks such as digging, picking up 50lbs repeatedly, raking, squatting, kneeling, walking, etc.

• Keen interest in building knowledge of horticulture

• Honest, communicative, and possess major integrity

• Confident working both alone and in a group

• Friendly and helpful, especially when communicating to clients or subcontractors

What we offer:

• Above market pay

• Opportunities for advancement, such as leading a crew, assisting with installations, etc.

• Regular pay increases as responsibilities and skills grow

• Opportunities to meet leaders in the landscape design and horticulture field

• A supportive, nurturing work environment

• Paid professional development opportunities, including garden tours with the National Garden Conservancy.