Job Opportunities
Seasonal Shipper/Stocker - Both Part-Time & Full-Time
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. at Juniper Level Botanic Garden has open positions for seasonal employees to work in our Shipping Department in a high energy, fast paced, team environment. 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.
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. We have one of the most extensive perennial trialing programs in the country. Our concern goes far beyond selling plants! 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 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.
Seasonal positions are short-term positions that last anywhere from few weeks to nine months.
Job Description
Duties may include but are not limited to:
- Stocking, pulling, and packing plant orders
- Care and upkeep of containerized perennial plants
- Retail sales and customer service
- Must be open to assist other departments should the need arise.
- Occasional weekend work required may include assisting with; Tours, Open Houses or Education Center classes.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Enjoy physical and often dirty work in all types of weather
- Enjoy working with an energetic, flexible, and outgoing team
- Must be able to walk on uneven surfaces, bend, kneel and often carry heavy items
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time
- Work various hours of 25 - 40 hours per week based on the business needs
- Flexibility to work some weekends, as needed, is a plus
- Plant knowledge is helpful, but not required
- Ability to pay acute attention to detail
- Punctual and have a great work ethic
Employee Classification: Hourly Seasonal Full Time
Compensation: $13.00 Hourly
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Please send resume with a detailed description of work history and 3 professional references to Jobs@PlantDelights.com
Shipping/Receiving Supervisor
Shipping/Receiving Supervisor candidate for an immediate full-time position. Must have experience with Microsoft products and able to function in other related programs to effectively perform this role. We encourage you to submit your resume, if you have such experience and can demonstrate a positive and friendly can-do work ethic, have strong communication skills, take initiative, and pay acute attention to detail.
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. We have one of the most extensive perennial trialing programs in the country. Our concern goes far beyond selling plants! 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 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.
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Job Description
The ideal candidate will have the abilities to perform the following duties:
Requirements:
- Coordinate shippers schedules to meet the department needs
- Supervise and give correction to shippers
- Communicate between administration and shippers' daily goals
- Ability to monitor for accurate shipping records
- Ensure appropriate documents are included with the appropriate shipment
- Check on required carriers' arrival and follow-up where appropriate
- Accurately determine that service levels are appropriately applied
- Communicate procedures and processes to trainees
- Monitor that work areas are clean, neat and organized
- Help to ensure plants arrive safely
- Ensure on site customers are properly greeted
- Punctual and have a great work ethic
Duties may include but are not limited to:
- Enjoy physical and often dirty work in all types of weather
- Enjoy working with an energetic, flexible, and outgoing team
- Must be able to walk on uneven surfaces, bend, kneel and often carry heavy items
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time
- Plant knowledge is helpful, but not required
- Stocking, pulling, and packing plant orders
- Care and upkeep of containerized perennial plants
- Retail sales and customer service
- Must be open to assist other departments should the need arise
- Occasional weekend work required may include assisting with Tours, Open Houses or Education Center classes
Qualifications
License: Drivers (Preferred)
Employee Classification: Salary Permanent Full Time
Compensation: Starting at $36,000 Annually
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send cover letter and resume with a detailed description of work history along with 3 professional references. jobs@plantdelights.com
Fix Stuff/Git-r-done Farm Maintenance Assistant
This position works with the Maintenance and Facility Coordinator, following the direction and timelines provided. The position will be responsible for recurring routine maintenance that is required to be completed on schedule, as well as a varied array of unplanned stuff that breaks.
Job Description
The ideal candidate will have the abilities to perform the following duties:
Basic Routine Maintenance
- Replace HVAC filters, basic vehicle/equipment service and repair, basic facilities/greenhouse/carpentry repair.
Applicant must:
- Enjoy physical and often dirty work in all types of weather
- Enjoy working with an energetic, flexible, and outgoing team
- Must be able to walk on uneven surfaces, bend, kneel and often carry heavy items
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time
- Occasional weekend work required, may include assisting with Open Houses.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- License: Drivers (Required)
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm eight open nursery and garden weekends each year.
Employee Classification: Hourly Permanent Full Time
Compensation: $16.00 Hourly
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Please send cover letter and resume along with detailed description of work history along with 3 professional references. jobs@plantdelights.com
Nursery Purchasing/Crop Production Scheduling Specialist
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. We have one of the most extensive perennial trialing programs in the country. Our concern goes far beyond selling plants! 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 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.
Job Description
Sourcing, ordering, receiving, and data entry tracking for plant liners/seed orders.
Monitor available plant inventory and sales numbers and coordinate with production supervisor and grower to schedule crop production to meet sales targets.
The ideal candidate has a good working knowledge of plant nomenclature. Experience in commercial plant production and/or plant purchasing is a plus. The work environment is fast-paced, but fun and rewarding.
Benefits: We offer an extensive benefits plan that includes Health, Dental & Vision Insurance, Life Insurance & a company matching Simple IRA. We also have paid Public Holidays, PTO & Vacation days.
Qualifications
This is a detail-oriented, self-directed position that requires good communication and task prioritization skills. The position benefits from an understanding of commercial containerized plant culture.
Employee Classification: Hourly Permanent Full Time
Compensation: $16.00 to $19.00 Hourly based on experience
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send cover letter & resume with a detailed description of work history along with 3 professional references jobs@plantdelights.com
Core Gardener
Juniper Level Botanic Garden is a world-class botanic garden that boasts a collection of more than 30,000 different plants. It is also the home of Plant Delights Nursery, Inc., a mail-order perennial plant nursery that offers unique, rare, well-grown and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world.
The Core Gardener will support the Garden Supervisory staff and the Garden Curator in maintaining Juniper Level Botanic Garden's collections integrity and high-quality maintenance standards. This is accomplished by assisting in timely, accurate, and thorough weeding, mulching, cutting back, deadheading, and other maintenance duties, as well as working with the seasonal garden staff to maintain and update garden areas.
Job Description
Garden Maintenance Support
- Perform horticultural maintenance, including weeding, raking, watering, fertilizing, and mulching
- Identify plants
- Assist with installing new plants in the Garden
- Collect plant material for propagation
- Assist with grounds maintenance, including creating and repairing new planting beds, grading, and construction projects
- Repair irrigation
- Operate machinery, including hand-tools, golf carts, and tractors
- Help with Open House staffing, as needed
- Other duties with garden staff as assigned
Curatorial Supports
- Assist Garden Curator and Plant Records Supervisor with curation tasks, including labeling, planting, nursery digs, and plant identification.
- Other duties with garden staff as assigned.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Company-matching Simple IRA
- Paid Public Holidays
- PTO and Vacation Days
Qualifications
Qualified candidates must be physically durable, able to life 50 lbs, have a tolerance for a wide range of outdoor weather (including summer heat), have a good work ethic, a friendly personality, and be able to work well with others. Qualified candidates must also be able to pay attention to detail while working at a fast pace, exhibit critical thinking skills, and can think through complex processes. Candidates with a Bachelors in a plant-related field preferred. This position is available to applicants that can commit to 40 hours a week.
Other Qualifications:
- License: Drivers (Preferred)
- Horticulture Degree (Preferred)
Employee Classification: Hourly Permanent Full Time
Compensation: $14.00 Hourly
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send resume with work history jobs@plantdelights.com
Looking for something else? Excited about what we do? Become a volunteer!
Learn more about our volunteer program.
Employee Classification: Volunteer Part Time
Compensation: Exercise, fresh air, and the occasional free plant
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Email for more information: volunteer@jlbg.org