Gardener

Overview
Small regenerative/sustainable/organic garden company seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Gardener to join the team. The company does maintenance for vegetable and ornamental gardens and installs designs made by the owner. The ideal candidate will possess a passion for native and food plants. Someone with the skills necessary to maintain ( identify weeds, know the basics of outdoor plant needs, some knowledge of compost/soils/organic amendments), experience planting at least 5 gallon sized potted plants, and sown seeds in any context. This role involves hands-on work in various gardening tasks, ensuring that our gardens and landscapes are healthy and visually appealing. Hardly any power tools will be used and never any lawn care duties. Hourly position, hours start off less and grow as it gets warmer.

Duties

• Utilize hand tools and power tools for various gardening tasks, including planting, pruning, weeding, planting seeds, transplanting seedlings, and managing plant care.
• Install gardens: This shift will include many hours of digging holes for new plants( usually in clay heavy soils).
• Irrigate plants and landscapes effectively to ensure optimal growth and health.
• Assisting in greenhouse operations, including planting seeds, transplanting seedlings, and managing plant care.
• Conduct regular landscape maintenance to keep gardens tidy and attractive.
• Apply organic fertilizers and pest control applications
• Collaborate with team members on larger landscaping projects or veggie garden-related activities as needed.
• Removal of invasive plants
• Create compost systems
• The list of various garden duties goes on..

Qualifications

• Garden experience needed.
• Some horticulture/agriculture education preferred
• Grit: Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions while performing physical tasks and maintain a good productive flow
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high standards of garden aesthetics.
• Own mode of transportation- jobs are all around the Henderson county, may go to multiple jobs per shift.

Expectations:

• NO use of phones while on the clock.
• Polite, kind, pleasant and genuine people skills
• Ability to take direction and correction
• A true passion and desire to be connected to the natural world and steward it with healthy best practices.
• Ability to work in integrity alone or in a team
• Willing to communicate about problems, errors, mistakes, conflict, scheduling , etc
• Pleasant to be around
• Hard working: enjoy the active requirements of the job, physically in shape to keep up with the demands without needing frequent breaks

If you are passionate about gardening and have the skills necessary to contribute positively to our team, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding position! A working interview will be required before job offer is made.

Job Types: Part-time, Seasonal

Pay: $19.00 - $23.00 per hour

Expected hours: 10 – 20 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• Morning shift

Experience:

• Gardening: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Hendersonville, NC 28792 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $19 - $23