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
Garden and Research IPM Specialist
Seeking Garden and Research IPM Specialist for an immediate permanent benefited full-time position.
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 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.
Our ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Up to date knowledge of plant health problems and solutions
- Passion for working outdoors and especially with plants.
- Ability to carry 50-pound backpack sprayers
- Flexibility in workflow expectations
- Toughness. It is a hard job, and it takes grit.
Job Description
Job Description:
This position is responsible for nutrition, disease control, pest management, and weed control of the garden and research areas. This position requires the spraying of various organic and non-organic fertilizers and pesticides as a regular part of the job.
Job Responsibilities:
- Implements all nutrition, pest management, and plant health programs
- Turf health
- Scout and monitor for pest, nutrition and disease issues
- Proactive communication with supervisors to develop and implement plant health strategies
Compensation: $18.25 – $20.25 per hour based upon experience
Benefits:
- Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance options
- Simple IRA with company matching funds
- Paid public holidays
- PTO and Vacation days
Employee Classification: Full Time, hourly, agriculturally-exempt
Standard Business Hours: Monday – Friday 8 am - 5 pm plus nine nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send a resume with a detailed description of work history along with three professional references to JOBS@PlantDelights.com
Qualifications
Some formal education or experience in horticulture is preferred and applicants with the following qualifications will be strongly considered:
- Valid NC Pesticide Applicators License (or ability to obtain one)
- Horticulture experience or degree
Employee Classification: Hourly Permanent Full Time
Compensation: $18.25-$20.25 per hour based upon experience
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send a resume with a detailed description of work history along with three professional references to JOBS@PlantDelights.com 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