Company description

HDC offers a unique and sophisticated approach to landscape design, using both organic farming and fine gardening skills, for people who want help creating aesthetically designed, organic edible gardens. Homestead provides design, installation, and full-service organic maintenance, harvesting, bee keeping, preserving, floristry and composting services.

Job description

Homestead Design Collective, a San Francisco Bay Area landscape design firm specializing in aesthetic edible and low water gardening, is looking for an Edible Maintenance Gardener. The full-time 40 hours per week. Pay is $25-27 p/h.

 

SKILLS:

• Working knowledge of growing organic vegetables and fruit in the Bay Area climate, succession planting, harvesting, soil prep, and organic pest control and fertilizers 
• Familiarity with in-ground and raised bed irrigation systems (drip and micro spray) and commonly used irrigation system timers
• "Can-do" attitude and willingness to pitch in wherever needed; we are a small but highly efficient company where we all wear many hats
• Friendly and respectful attitude; you will be interacting with clients with a range of needs and knowledge of organic gardening
• Ability to work alone and as part of a crew
• Basic writing and computer skills to write follow up emails to our clients and record detailed notes using Google Docs

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline