Seasonal Nursery Production Assistant

Job Description

Must be able to perform the following tasks proficiently & accurately as directed by the Production Supervisor:

• Sowing of seed and fern spores
• Vegetative cuttings
• Division of plants from pots, garden, or trial beds
• Potting of liners and bare root material
• Plant fertilization with appropriate fertilizer at the correct rate
• Place potted plants in correct stock locations
• Assist with check in of incoming plants
• Operation of farm tractors and skid-steer loader
• Assist with daily production data entry
• Other duties as assigned

About Us

We are Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a perennial plant nursery established in Raleigh in 1986, offering unique, rare, well grown, and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world. Despite being best known as a nursery, we actually exist for our work as a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and making plants available via propagation. We are a family-owned company with a mission to support research, education and the exploration of plants through the sales of unique perennial plants.

Our nursery and garden provide an opportunity to work indoors and outdoors year-round, so we have a casual dress code, a diverse staff, and a friendly working environment.

Candidates must be physically durable, have a tolerance for a wide range of outdoor weather, have a good work ethic, a friendly personality, and be able to work well with others. Candidates must also be able to pay acute attention to detail while working at a fast pace.

Candidates must be physically durable, have a tolerance for a wide range of outdoor weather, have a good work ethic, a friendly personality, and be able to work well with others. Candidates must also be able to pay acute attention to detail while working at a fast pace.

Education and Experience

Qualifications

Drivers license preferred
No qualifications are required, but a 2-year Horticulture related degree or comparable nursery experience is preferred.

Qualified candidates must be open to learning, process driven, self-motivated, and work as part of a team. Strong organizational and communication skills are also vital to the success of this role. They must be able to work with co-workers in a courteous and professional manner at all times.

Additional Information

Working Environment and Physical Efforts

The primary working condition for this position is an outside plant nursery environment with exposure to dirt, grease, fumes, noise, fertilizers, gravel, soil, dust, cold, heat, rain (non-climate-controlled working conditions). The environment is fast paced and demanding most of the time. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, multiple times a day and stand on feet for up to 8+ hours a day. For safety reasons, good hearing is required specific to machines and surrounding noise. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Jobs are subject to change for personal growth, organizational development and/or evolution of innovative technologies

Application Instructions

Send cover letter & resume with a detailed description of work history to jobs@plantdelights.com