Garden Center Team Member

Hiring Immediately! Join our team! Love working outside? Love gardening? Soak up the sun and smell the flowers while tending plants in our pollinator friendly garden center known for a focus on unique, adaptive perennials, shrubs and trees that thrive in Central Oregon’s climate, as well as our gorgeous annual plants including custom planters and hanging baskets. We value customer service which means “going the extra mile” to help our customers keep their gardens on track.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide outstanding customer service
• Care for plants: water, prune/dead head, shift up plants, pest control, propagation
• Assist customers with selection, sales carry out
• Advise customers on plant care, watering fertilizing practices
• Identify customer plant samples accurately, (or find someone who can!) Provide correct info for customers if you don't know the answer
• Accurate cash handling phone answering skills
• Retail yard and store: Ensure yard is stocked with sufficient quantities of merchandise, and areas are free of weeds, debris and litter
• Rotate plants and shelf items as needed
• Assist in inventory, ordering, receiving and pricing merchandise.
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.
• Optional: Operate our front-end loader and complete all associated equipment training and reviews as necessary. Training provided.

Madras Garden Depot is a well-established retail garden center at the north end of Madras. Prior nursery experience IS a definite plus; compensation is dependent on experience. Our workweek can be up to 7 days a week, however our open 'public' hours are adjusted seasonally, but generally Tues. - Sat. 9-5 All crew are required to work one weekend day.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $20