Gardener
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Start Date: Right away Compensation: $15-$20/hour
Title: Eco-Gardener
Compensation: $15-25 an hour depending upon experience; based on a 40 hour week.
Plan it Wild is a sustainable landscape company that transforms private yards and commercial landscapes into beautiful native habitats that increase biodiversity, carbon capture, and absorb stormwater. Our brand of ecological landscaping is a simplified approach to restoring native plants and habitats on your land. We want each customer to get a personal experience from us and to know the value of rewilding their land. We also only maintain yards with electric-powered equipment.
Plan it Wild is searching for a new member of the garden installation crew to work with our landscaping team to plant and maintain our native gardens in Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, CT.
Responsibilities/Duties
- Site prep. Work with the team to prepare a site for planting.
- Planting. Work with the team to plant native habitats as specified in our designs or sketches or by the team leader.
- Experience with standard planting equipment and materials as well as yard maintenance equipment, but especially electric machines.
- Clean up. Work with the team to clean up client sites and to maintain and store equipment.
- Invasive plant removal and identification.
- Heavy lifting is part of the job.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Driver’s license.
- Working outside.
- Care with plants and adhering to standards
- Enjoy the outdoors and working with native plants and building gardens
- Enjoy physical labor and working with a team
PREFERRED:
- Good communication skills and comfort working with clients and crew in a fast paced environment
Additional Information
We are an open fair new company that respects all its employees and their aspirations.
Contact Information
Plan it Wild
Contact Name: Bram Gunther
Email: bram@planitwild.com
Phone: 646 305 2525