Core Gardener
Seeking Core Gardener to support the garden supervisory staff and the garden manager in maintaining Juniper Level Botanic Garden collections’ integrity and high-quality maintenance standards. This is accomplished by assisting in timely, accurate, and thorough weeding, mulching, cutting back, deadheading, and other maintenance duties; as well as working with seasonal garden staff to maintain and update garden areas.
We are Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a perennial plant nursery established in Raleigh in 1986, offering unique, rare, well grown, and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world. Despite being best known as a nursery, we actually exist for our work as a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and making plants available via propagation. We are a family-owned company with a mission to support research, education and the exploration of plants through the sales of unique perennial plants.
Our nursery and garden provide an opportunity to work indoors and outdoors year-round, so we have a casual dress code, a diverse staff, and a friendly working environment.
Job Description
Garden Maintenance Support
- Perform horticultural maintenance, including weeding, raking, watering, fertilizing, and mulching
- Identify plants
- Assist with installing new plants in the Garden
- Collect plant material for propagation
- Assist with grounds maintenance, including creating and repairing new planting beds, grading, and construction projects
- Assist in field trials and propagation when needed
- Repair irrigation
- Operate machinery, including hand-tools, golf carts, and tractors
- Help with Open House staffing, as needed
- Other duties with garden staff as assigned
Curatorial Supports
- Assist Garden Curator and Plant Records Supervisor with curation tasks, including labeling, planting, nursery digs, and plant identification.
- Other duties with garden staff as assigned.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Company-matching Simple IRA
- Paid Public Holidays
- PTO and Vacation Days
Qualifications
Does this appeal to you? Are you physically durable, able to life 50 lbs, have a tolerance for a wide range of outdoor weather (including summer heat), have a good work ethic, a friendly personality, and be able to work well with others? Do you pay attention to detail while working at a fast pace, exhibit critical thinking skills, and can think through complex processes? Are you available to commit to 40 hours a week? Then we want to hear from you!
Other Qualifications:
- License: Drivers (Preferred)
- Horticulture Degree (Preferred)
Employee Classification: Hourly Permanent Full Time
Compensation: $14/hour
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send resume with work history [email protected]