Seasonal Gardener

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Start Date: ASAP- Pending Approval  Compensation: $24.16/40 hours per week

  • • Under supervision, assist in the planting and cultivating of trees, flowers and shrubs, including tasks such as digging up, balling, Bur lapping, transplanting trees and shrubs; digging up and transplanting sod; potting flowers and plants; propagating plant life and pruning and spraying trees, shrubs and plants. 
  • • Assist in the maintenance and operations of greenhouses and nurseries. 
  • • Prepare soil and seed beds. Grade, sod, weed, mulch and mow lawns. Repair damaged planted areas, fertilizing and watering soil. 
  • • Assist in and perform tasks involved in the operation and care of hand and power gardening tools and equipment. 
  • • Make necessary operating adjustments; report needs for repairs and replacements to supervisor. 
  • • Perform simple record keeping and prepare simple written reports. 
  • • Drive vehicles and operate other motorized equipment required for to the performance of duties. 
  • • Supervise seasonal employees, as well as volunteers, as needed. 

Qualifications/Requirements

  •  One year of full-time experience in gardening work, including experience in each of the following: planting, cultivating and caring for trees, plants, shrubs and lawns; or
  • A certificate from a horticulture or botanic program containing college-level courses, such as programs offered by the New York Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, etc.; or 
  • A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience that is equivalent to “1” above. Thirty semester credits from an accredited college, at least fifteen of which must be in horticulture, agriculture, agronomy, plant pathology, botany, landscape design or architecture, entomology, forestry, floriculture, plant production and/or crop management, may be substituted for the one year of the work experience described in “1” above. 
  • License Requirement:  A motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment. 

Fees: Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee of $68.00. Hired candidates who are not currently employed by the City will be subject to a $104.50 background check fee.

Contact Information

NYC Parks & Recreation
Contact Name: Anil Chandrakumar
Email: Anil.chandrakumar@parks.nyc.gov