Greenhouse Horticulturist

Opportunity Title: Greenhouse Horticulturist  

Reports To: Senior Greenhouse Horticulturist and Orchid Specialist  

Salary or Hourly: Salary 

Pay Range: $50,000 - $55,000

Detailed Description

The Greenhouse Horticulturist is responsible for working with the Senior Greenhouse Horticulturist to develop and maintain the vibrant displays in the Elder Greenhouse plant collection. This position needs to consistently train and lead part-time staff and volunteers in the planning and implementation of festival program displays, including Winterlights and Harvest. Art in Bloom involves a significant commitment to working with floral professionals from across the country to create art-inspired pieces in the galleries. This position will be responsible for leading the team in designing and fulfilling floral requests for special events in the museum and all historic outbuildings. This person needs to be highly self-motivated, creative, detail-oriented, and able to complete tasks without supervision.

Responsibilities

Floral and Interiorscape Design

• Receive and fill floral requests with the purpose of creating a dynamic and beautiful display that fits the theme of the event.
• Create inspiring Interiorscapes by using unique plants to catch the interest of guests
• Manage the care of all interior plant material using horticultural best practices

Greenhouse maintenance

• Care for plants within the greenhouse by completing tasks such as routine watering, pest and disease identification, and mitigation. Grooming material for presentation to ensure the best health for the collection
• Dedication to utilizing the best horticultural practices to ensure the stability of the living collection.

Seasonal Displays

• Work with other departments to successfully design and install greenhouse-inspired elements for seasonal displays
• Track budgets, manage communications, and execute festival designs

Horticultural Excellence

• Work with team to keep workspaces, tools, greenhouses, etc. clean and organized
• Help assign tasks to volunteers and staff based on needs of the team
• Work with staff and volunteers on developing training and educational opportunities

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of the maintenance and care of tropical plants.
• Proven floral design experience
• Organizational skills
• Comfortable with standard office technology and software

Educations and/or Experience

• 5+ years of Floral Experience
• B.S. in Horticulture or related field or equivalent experience in the green industry.

Physical Demands of Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the position. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.