Botanic Gardens Children's Garden Horticulturist

6 - Botanic Gardens - Cheyenne, WY 82001

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level:
High School or GED

Category:
Parks & Recreation

Description:

Children’s Garden Horticulturist

JOB TITLE:

Botanic Gardens Children’s Garden Horticulturist

CLASSIFICATION:
Non-Exempt

DEPARTMENT:
Botanic Gardens

SUPERVISOR:
Botanic Gardens Manager

SALARY: $45,036 to $63,049 Annually

Horticulturists take the lead role of maintaining existing landscapes, planning, and installing new plant materials and designs, pest management, and propagation. Horticulturists are required to educate the public about the Botanic Gardens and horticulture practices through tours, field trips, and public speaking. Responsible for overall horticulture pertaining to, but not limited by their primary sites.

• Lead operational and maintenance tasks for the Children’s Village interior and exterior plantscapes, hardscapes and waterscapes as needed. Perform duties as lead staff at the Children’s Village when needed.
• Create, coordinate, and implement viable educational programming for all ages. Utilize outside groups and organizations when applicable in such programming. Work with the local and regional schools and be willing to gain a solid understanding of their relatable curriculum.
• Apply horticultural concepts with volunteers and varied clients that result in serving the needs of the garden plantings and displays as well as the growing of food crops to be distributed.
• Creatively, work to interpret all aspects of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens collection and other areas of public interest with the available funding.
• Stay abreast of trends and innovations in the field of environmental education, horticulture, volunteer management, youth issues, horticultural therapy, botanic garden management, youth and educational issues, school curriculums and community gardening.
• Assist in public communication and interpretation about the natural world and sustainability. This includes participation in lectures, tours, radio, television, electronic media, and other methods of public relations. It also includes the development of interpretive signage, educational environments, and other educational endeavors. Assist public with diverse questions about the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and horticulture.
• Maintain a safe environment and assist in promoting safety in all aspects of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
• Assist staff with the overall goals and objectives, policies, and priorities of the Botanic Gardens.
• With the assistance of CBG horticulturist staff, maintain plant production for the annual and perennial beds that are the responsibility of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. Implement horticultural tasks required to maintain evolving operations in conservatories and greenhouses.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

• Knowledge of a wide range of Horticultural science
• Knowledge of pest identification and control methods.
• Knowledge of plant propagation techniques, plant identification, Arboriculture and Soil Science.
• Basic building maintenance, operations, services, and activities of a public garden program.
• Principles of volunteer management and educational programming.
• Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluations of staff and volunteers.
• Basic computer skills including experience in word processing software.
• Skills to be organized, creative and effective in a chaotic environment.
• Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to be resourceful and creatively stretch limited funds.
• Ability to give presentations to the public on the activities of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
• Skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Skills to carry out goals, objectives, and procedures of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
• Skills to respond to requests and inquiries from the public.
• Skills to understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Skills to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to research information and analyze data to arrive at valid conclusions, recommendations and plans of…