GARDENER

Description:

Position Purpose

A participating member of the Trail Horticulturist team responsible for the health, care, and growth of plants used in the Garden’s displays, exhibits, and trails with the goal of achieving the highest level of excellence in alignment with best practices in horticultural care for desert plants.

Essential Duties

• Actively support the management and care for team areas ensuring that all plant beds meet the Garden’s standards of health, aesthetic, and cultivation.
• Perform appropriate horticulture related tasks as assigned by the Supervisor including, manual watering, detailing for highly visible beds and displays, minor irrigation maintenance for assigned areas, and tree and shrub pruning.
• Actively support the care and health of the Garden’s accessioned plants in assigned areas including documentation, review and evaluation in collaboration with the Supervisor.
• Provide support for all departmental activities including plant sales, exhibit and display installations, and collecting trips.
• Supervise, manage, and communicate with volunteers working with the Garden Trail team.
• Participates in departmental, Garden, and planning meetings; assist with reports and proposals; continue professional education and participation in professional organizations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Hourly Rate: $21.00 / Hour

Requirements:

Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in horticulture, botany, life sciences, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Be able to work independently with direction from supervising horticulturist.
• Exceptional time management, communication, and organizational skills.
• The ability to solve problems using discretion and good judgment, high levels of personal motivation.
• Ability to work weekends and evenings when needed.
• Valid driver’s license for cart training and use.
• Public Garden experience a plus

Equipment Used

Typical office equipment. This role will also use small hand tools (loppers, pruners, pick axe, shovels, sharp shooter, etc.) and some power tools for landscaping maintenance and care.

Internal Communication

Regular communication with department and Garden staff.

External Communication

None

Working Conditions

Must be able to walk, sit, stand, stoop, kneel, bend, see, hear, speak, read, and type. Manual dexterity and the ability to lift up to 60 pounds required. Majority of daily work tasks occur outside year round.

Reasonable accommodations may be made, when necessary and feasible, to allow a qualified individual to perform essential job functions.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Desert Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law.

The Garden fosters and supports workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion to honor the unique perspectives, experiences, and contributions of all, to celebrate successes, and to cultivate individual and institutional excellence.

All employees will help add to the Garden’s diversity and fully embrace it.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and deliverables of the role. This is not a contract and should not be viewed as such. Other duties may be assigned by supervisor and/or his/her/their designee.