Garden Horticulturist
4 days ago
At Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Garden Horticulturist to join our team. As a key member of our Horticulture Department, you will play a vital role in maintaining and caring for our 14-acre garden, ensuring that our visitors experience the beauty and wonder of nature.
Responsibilities- Collaborate with our Horticulture Team to develop and implement horticultural displays and programs that showcase the garden's unique plant collections.
- Oversee the maintenance and care of all garden plant life, including pruning, weeding, and hand watering.
- Work closely with our Garden Curator to ensure accurate plant labeling and tracking, following established plant records management standards.
- Provide excellent customer service to our visitors, answering horticulture-related questions and engaging with guests to enhance their experience.
- Collaborate with our volunteers, providing training, scheduling, and management of horticultural maintenance and projects.
- Support all Garden programs and events, ensuring that our horticultural displays and activities are integrated into the overall visitor experience.
- Well-rounded knowledge and experience in public horticulture, including a wide variety of plant species and maintenance techniques.
- Creative ability to design and install plant-based displays that showcase the garden's unique plant collections.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with a diverse audience, including visitors, staff, and volunteers.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends to meet the garden's needs, as well as independently and as part of a team.
- Computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as a valid driver's license and a clean driving record.
- Frequent climbing, balancing, crawling, kneeling, walking, bending, stooping, lifting, carrying, grasping, twisting, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
- Occasional sitting.
- High school diploma and 3 years of experience in large-scale display gardens or botanical collections, with a preference for relevant experience in temperature hardiness zones.
- Bachelor's degree in Horticulture or a related field of study, with a minimum of 3+ years of public horticulture experience.
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