Grounds maintenance and Soil Loader

• Grounds maintenance and Soil Associates are dependable and hardworking with managing soil products, restocking and organizing soil/hardgoods/fertilizer products and ensuring a clean, efficient work environment. There are many different working hats within this role. Soil associates are expected to work as a team, communicate effectively within the team, and assist the team with different organizational tasks throughout the nursery.
• Bring out/in all wagons, carts, and tools at the beginning and end of the day
• Maintain cleanliness and safety in soil and storage areas
• Help water and fertilize plants
• Help label and organize different soil types and amendments
• Follow all nursery safety and handling protocols, especially for heavy lifting
• Assist the team with heavy lifting of products and reorganizing of displays
• Assist customers who are shopping for pottery
• Monitor pricing of outdoor pottery and garden art.
• Sweep, dust, and de-web the greenhouse.
• Maintaining clean windows and doors in the greenhouse. plant rows and pick up/stabilize any fallen plants/statuary
• Clean/wash/organize pottery, statuary, bird baths, statues etc.
• Maintain a clean weeded/mowed area of the front and back landscape outside of our fence
• Check that all doors and gates are locked at the end of the day
• Dispose of all green waste, trash bins, and recycling out as needed
• Bring out cardboard/trash/rec
• Leaf Blow common areas and parking lot
• Communicate/answer radio calls for soil, help, etc
• Load soil products/tools/plants for customer purchases or internal nursery use
• Monitor and manage soil inventory and report shortages or supply needs
• Restock soils and fertilizers as needed while maintaining pricing accuracy
• Assist in receiving/pricing products upon arrival such as soils, hardgoods, plants, etc.
• Weed, rake, and sweep outdoor areas throughout the nursery

Pay: $17.00 - $18.00 per hour

Work Location: In person