Flower Production Assistant: Blue Farm

# Flower Production Assistant:
Blue House Farm
** Blue House Farm
** 5000 Pescadero Creek Road, Pescadero, CA Start Date
09/09/2026

Full-Time The Flower Production Assistant role at Blue House Farm is a full-time seasonal position at 5000 Pescadero Creek Road in Pescadero, California. The seasonal term runs from July through November, and flower harvesting reaches 20 to 35 hours per week at the height of the season. Blue House Farm pays an hourly rate based on experience.

The assistant works across field and greenhouse production, with harvest, bouquet assembly, crop maintenance, and customer-facing duties. One year of production-farm experience is required, while cut-flower growing and floral-design experience are preferred. Basic conversational Spanish is desired. The work includes a weekly farmers market, box-truck driving, customer service, record-keeping, repetitive lifting, and work in sun and heat.
* ** Role:
** Flower Production Assistant
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* Employer:

** Blue House Farm
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* Location:

** 5000 Pescadero Creek Road, Pescadero, CA
* ** Pay:
** Hourly, based on experience
* ** Employment:
** Full-time, seasonal

Apply For This Role Applicants prepare a resume, cover letter, and two references before applying. The seasonal schedule requires availability for harvest work from July through November.## Harvest And Flower Handling The assistant harvests cut flowers at the stage required for market sales and arranges bouquets for customer orders. Daily work also includes trellising and staking beds, irrigating crops, fertilizing plants, and hoeing between rows.

A weekly farmers market adds customer service to the crop work. The assistant also drives a box truck, keeps production records, and handles repetitive lifting during harvest and delivery tasks.
* Harvesting and bouquet arrangement
* Trellising and staking flower beds
* Irrigation, fertilization, planting, and hoeing
* Farmers market service and delivery support## Greenhouse And Field Production Greenhouse work includes sowing crops and helping with field plantings. The assistant follows crop plans, learns flower varieties and production procedures, and works with the Flower Production Manager on scheduled tasks.

Field work takes place in sun and heat and requires steady movement through the crop rows. Strong physical condition supports standing, bending, walking, lifting, and the repeated hand movements required across a production day.## The Pescadero Farm Blue House Farm produces eight acres of organic cut flowers for farmers markets, wholesale accounts, and special events. The operation connects growing with bouquet work, customer service, and delivery, so the assistant sees how flowers move from field production into sales.

The wider Pescadero flower work belongs to horticulture career pathways that include plant growing, greenhouse work, floral production, and sales. Floriculture also includes growing, distribution, importing, logistics, and marketing, as described in the floriculture career functions recognized by the American Floral Endowment.## Physical Work And Experience The role requires at least one season on a production farm. Cut-flower cultivation experience and strong floral-design skills strengthen the application, while eagerness to learn supports the farm's crop and market work.

Heavy lifting, repetitive grasping, bending, walking, and extended outdoor work are part of the position. The assistant also needs reliable transportation, clear communication, the ability to follow detailed directions, and the judgment to work independently and with a crew.## Application Materials The application package includes a resume, cover letter, and two references. Blue House Farm uses a phone or on-farm interview during its hiring process, with the farm work and the applicant's production experience forming the basis of that conversation.

Applications identify the role as Flower Production Assistant and include relevant farm, flower, market, or customer-service experience. The position can include greenhouse sowing, crop maintenance, harvest, and market work within the same seasonal term.

Farm housing may be available to rent. Blue House Farm also states that year-round employment may become available for the right person after the seasonal position.

The farm's production team works across flowers, markets, wholesale accounts, and special events. The position connects hands-on crop work with the customer and delivery tasks that keep those outlets supplied.