Garden Horticulturist

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Garden Horticulturist to join our team at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden. As a key member of our Horticulture Department, you will play a vital role in maintaining and caring for our stunning plant collections.

• Provide ongoing support to the Horticulture Department, ensuring the successful execution of maintenance and care for all Garden plant life.
• Oversee and lead efforts to deliver a premier botanical experience for our members and guests, ensuring all public garden areas are safe, tidy, and weed-free.
• Collaborate with other members of the horticulture team to identify new projects, renovations, and displays, and coordinate execution with the Director of Horticulture.
• Support an active Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, including scouting and conventional and progressive control methods.
• Correspond and engage with members and guests, answering general horticulture questions and providing excellent customer service.
• Collaborate with Garden volunteers, providing oversight, training, scheduling, and management of horticultural maintenance and projects.

• Well-rounded knowledge and experience understanding, maintaining, and working with a wide variety of plant species and public horticulture.
• Creative ability to design and install plant-based displays.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with a diverse audience.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends to meet Garden's needs.
• Ability to work in a team yet also independently.
• Computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and be able to produce a clean driving record.
• Willingness to wear a uniform and work outside.

• Frequent climbing, balancing, crawling, kneeling, walking, bending, stooping, lifting, carrying, grasping, twisting, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
• Lifting 50+ pounds.

• High school diploma and 3 years large-scale display gardens or botanical collections; relevant experience in temperature hardiness zones preferred.
• Bachelor's degree preferred in Horticulture or related field of study.
• Minimum of 3+ years public horticulture experience.