Position: Assistant Gardener
· 40hr/week, full-time position
· $20-$23 per hour starting wage, dependent upon experience
Duties:
- - Assist Lead Gardener with monthly, quarterly, and bi-annual fine garden maintenance throughout the greater Sacramento region.
•Plant care—weed identification and natural/organic abatement, deadheading, separating, seasonal pruning and perennial cutbacks, aesthetic pruning on woody shrubs, ornamental and orchard trees, and roses, disease mitigation, fertilizing, compost, mulching, and soil amendment
•Planting: perennials, annuals, cacti/succulents, bulbs, shrubs, and trees
•Property clean-ups, tear-outs, and small landscape construction projects for maintenance client roster
•Irrigation installation, maintenance and repair: Netafim (1/2" in-line drip), point-source drip, micro spray, MP-Rotator, and impact sprayers
•Landscape lighting, pond maintenance, and fountain care
•Minor decomposed granite and dry-set stonework
•Clean, organize, and maintain company tools, storage, and trucks
•Driving mid-size truck and trailers
•Assist with Mantis plant propagation, including seed germination, up-potting, nursery management, and deliveries
Must be interested in and excited to learn more about:
•Zone 9/Mediterranean-climate botany and horticulture. A working knowledge of CA/Inland Valley native plants and ecology will be weighed heavily during hiring.
•Low water-use gardens, drip irrigation systems, and xeric/desert-adapted plant care
•Aesthetic pruning on woody perennial shrubs, orchard, and ornamental trees
•The history and practice of fine garden maintenance
Must have:
•Outstanding attention to detail
Aptitude for working outside in all seasons*
•A willingness to learn and promote Mantis’ ecological/science-based garden maintenance methods.
•Excellent communication skills and positive, friendly attitude with clients and other team members
•Prior experience working in gardens, landscaping, nurseries, or the broader horticultural industrythis will be weighed heavily during hiring.
•Experience with common gardening tools, including auto-trimmer, string trimmer, blower, hand pruner, lopper, pole saw/lopper, shears. Where possible, all power tools are manual or 18vlt battery operated.
Requirements of employment
o 18 years of age or older
o Possess a valid CA driver’s license
o Pass general background screening
o Speak and write fluent English
o Legal US citizen or otherwise legal documentation to work in the US
o Comply with a zero-tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol use/under the influence while on the job
o Trustworthy, reliable, on-time, and willingness to learn.
o Must be able to lift up to 80lbs, with regular lifting of 35-50lbs
o Able to work outside in temperatures ranging from 40-96 deg F
o Walk, crouch, bend, and squat repeatedly for 1-2 hours at a time
o Possess a working cell phone with a data plan, text, and image capabilities
o Seasonal schedule flexibility —start between 6:30am-8:30am and end 2:30pm-5:30pm, depending on the season/weather
Contact:
- - Please send the following items to mantisgardensca@gmail.com to be considered for this position:
•Cover letter outlining why you are interested in this position, your experience with plants, horticulture and/or gardening, and why you think that you would be a good fit at Mantis Gardens
2 professional references with reliable* contact information (email and phone number, please). Family/friends do not qualify.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $23.00 per hour
Expected hours: 32 – 45 per week
Benefits:
Schedule:
Experience:
•Horticulture: 2 years (Required)
Language:
Ability to Commute:
•Sacramento, CA 95816 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
•Sacramento, CA 95816: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person