Gardener's Assistant

Greetings, We are a small company, looking for an assistant gardener 2-3 days week
9:00am to 6:00pm (end time is approximate)

We are family, LGBT and poc owned. We have been in operation since 2020, with a few clients older than the company.
We specialize in habitat gardens, with emphasis on native plants, water features and wildlife shelters. Our gardens range in style from CA Natives, to Japanese, from Orchards to Xeriscapes, and from bird habitats to staging for real estate sales.

We also take care of ponds, water features, rabbit hutches, chicken coops, aviaries and critter habitats. Working with what is available to make our clients dream gardens come true by creating the design, doing the installation and guiding or providing the proper maintenance.

ABOUT YOU:

We are looking for hard-working positive and engaged individuals. You will be in the field with another gardener maintaining gardens in San Francisco and/ or the Peninsula. We are looking for a horticulturalist who has passion or experience in gardening and horticulture. However we are happy to train if not. With us you will learn things such as Plant ID, disease and nutrition issues, aesthetic pruning skills, and lawn and drip irrigation skills. Further training will be provided even if you are proficient in such skills. Ideally, you are looking for a place to work for a long time, but that's not a requirement.
The ideal candidate loves plants and animals, has a drivers license with a clean record, and ideally is able to drive manual transmission.

REQUIREMENTS
(Things we can't teach)

• Willingness to learn
• Ability to take direction well
• Good communication skills
• Gusto for being on the field
• Time organization
• Love for plants, animals and nature
• Ability to be on time
• Able to use a smartphone with a camera and download our App (yes we have an app)
• Ability to read and understand English
• Valid CA DL, and clean record
• Good job attendance
• Ability to lift and carry up to 60lbs, sometimes up several flights of stairs
• Ability to stay on your feet for a few hours at a time
• Ability to self guide and self motivate when working alone
• Flexibility in taking days off when weather is bad

(Things we can teach, but cool if you are familiar)

• plant identification
• skilled pruning, including fruit tree pruning, espalier, shrub reduction
• irrigation troubleshooting and repair
• lawn care
• sustainable maintenance practices
• planting practices
• vegetable gardening
• sheet mulching
• soil amending
• water conservation practices

JOB DETAILS:

Starting Pay is depending on experience - $20-22

Meet every morning in Central Parkside / the sunset. There will be a 30 day grace period where pay starts at $ 20 before a full job offer is presented with a possibly higher pay rate depending on performance.

Job start date - TBD

If this is you, please email your resume, list of experience, as well as career goals.

Thank you for your consideration!