Garden Manager

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Start Date: 03/13/2023  Compensation: 65,000-75,000

The Garden Manager (GM) position is a great opportunity to assume a leadership role in our Operations Team. It is ideally suited for any trained horticulturist who has a strong foundation in pruning, garden design, a firm understanding of production principles, and enjoys working in a collaborative environment. The GM helps to recruit talented gardeners, researches progressive horticulture methodologies, and implements best practices across their garden team.

Responsibilities/Duties

Specifically, this is a wonderful opportunity for an excellent communicator who wants to do the following:

  • Work closely with production manager to set and bolster goals for horticulture team.
  • Recruit, train and empower lead gardeners so they can build and train their own team.
  • Work collaboratively with Account managers to estimate and manage budgets for gardening.
  • Ability to design, install, and maintain vegetable and perennials gardens.
  • Create learning and teaching experiences for garden team.
  • Ensure gardeners have tools they need to perform job tasks.
  • Help to create routes and support production team to ensure best production practice.

Qualifications/Requirements

Due to the breadth of our portfolio and our highly collaborative environment any candidate for this position will need the following to excel in this role:

  • An undergraduate and/or graduate degree in Horticulture or a related field preferred.however industry experience supersedes.
  • A minimum of 2-3 years experience successfully managing a team of people.
  • A minimum of 3 years in the horticulture industry.
  • The ability to use a variety of cloud computing tools for communication, organization and productivity.

Additional Information

All candidates will find that we offer a competitive salary and benefits package including medical, dental, life, and vision  insurance coverage.


 

Contact Information

Schumacher Companies, Inc.
Contact Name: Emily Admirand
Email: careers@dschumacher.com
Phone: 508-427-7707