Garden Technician

The Garden Technician is responsible for creating a weed free, neat, tidy garden and site clean up.

• Chemical free hand weeding with focus on removal of roots with attached weeds.
• Deadheading spent blooms.
• Pruning lower level dead branches on shrubs and bushes as well as removing cross branches.
• Showcasing gardens.
• Hedge trimming.
• Unloading topsoil.
• Applying pre-emergent weed deterrents.
• Removing existing gardens and individual plants and bushes.
• Planting new gardens.
• Using spades, hand pruners, flower snippers, shears, loppers, shovels, rakes, hedge trimmers, blowers and other garden related tools.
• Installing soaker/drip hose systems.
• General seasonal yard clean up of leaves, branches and debris.
• Loading garden debris into contractor bags or trailer.
• Assisting with offload of debris at dump sites.
• Watering.
• Use blower for driveway and sidewalk clean up.
• Tracking and reporting arrival and departure times.
• Submitting timesheets.

• Must possess a United States Social Security Number, a State Issued photo  be a citizen of the United States or have an unexpired Green card.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must be reliable and dependable.
• Must have attention to detail and ability to follow instructions.
• Must have the ability to work independently without supervision.
• Gardening experience not required but must WANT to learn!
• Must be able to tolerate working in an outside environment, temperature fluctuations, working in dirt and mulch, and everything that comes with gardening!
• Must be able to stand, sit, kneel, twist, bend, stretch, reach above your head with hand tools, and walk distances.
• Must be able to dig, rake, snip flowers, cut overhead branches, load debris into a trailer and dig holes.
• Must have the ability to handle a blower, hedge trimmer and other gardening tools.
• Must have the ability to handle a wheelbarrow and pitchfork.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.