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This job expired on December 27, 2021

Garden Installation Project Manager Beautyberry Gardens

  • Date Posted October 29, 2021
  • Location Decatur, GA
  • Category Agriculture / Business
  • Job type Full-Time
Company description Not your typical mow and blow landscape crew; we are a small, woman owned, family run business, specializing in bespoke native garden design and installation in Decatur, Georgia. We chose the name Beautyberry because it is such a beautiful and multi-useful native plant, but also because for us beauty comes before sustenance, as it does for all of our designs.

As environmentalists, we are committed to creating landscapes that are sustainable, without the use of carbon-emitting gas powered machinery, pollutive pesticides/herbicides, or chemical fertilizers that harm our fragile ecosystem.  Certified in native plants, horticulture, and garden design, we take pride in creating designs that fit both the site and the client, providing the healthiest quality plants, and then taking the very best care of your garden after the installation.  

Using permaculture ethics, we encourage self-sufficiency and sustainability. Utilizing polyculture, good soil practices, and water management techniques, our gardens are designed to be legacy gardens, to be passed on through generations and stand the test of time. Job description

Activities may include, but are not limited to:

  • Managing a site crew and keeping them on task

  • Reading site plans

  • Coordinating and procuring materials 

  • Cultivating and planting garden beds/borders

  • Tree, shrub, and grass removal

  • Basic carpentry and trellis making

  • Lawn care

  • Watering, pruning, deadheading, and plant care

Required:

  • Own transportation to and from job sites

  • Valid US driver's license (you may be required to drive company vehicles from time to time)
  • US citizen or similar legal entity

  • Fluent English speaker plus basic Spanish 

  • Excellent punctuality and time management

  • Good physical health, stamina, able to lift at least 50lbs continously throughout each full work day

  • A keen eye for detail and excellent spatial awareness 

  • The ability to adapt to extreme and variable weather

  • The ability to follow instructions from management and use caution when using heavy equipment 

  • Positive attitude and the ability to be respectful, courteous, and kind to crew members and clients alike
     

Preferred:
 

  • Experience in landscape installations; proper planting technique, cultivation technique, plant ID, proper plant spacing, soil knowledge, and/or horticulture education

  • Experience managing a install crew

The position is 30hrs a week, Monday to Thursday, standard daytime business hours.

 

Compensation this position is : hourly, $20/hr + Application instructions
This job expired on December 27, 2021
DeadlineNovember 26, 2021

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