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Landscape Gardener
Job Number: 2
Landscape Gardener
The Local Gardener is a boutique gardening company, offering our clients landscape garden design, installation and maintenance in the Caledon and Orangeville area. We take pride in our personal and professional service.
Now in our tenth year of business we are happy to be seeking positive, hardworking and reliable gardeners. The current available position is for 40hrs+/week, April to late November.
At The Local Gardener we value:
- Organic gardening practices and respect for natural surroundings
- Being outside, with the changing seasons and weather
- Attention to detail to keep natural spaces healthy and gardens looking their best
- Appreciating the beauty and artistic quality of a well designed, well kept garden
- Working hard with others as part of a friendly, positive and inclusive team
- Pay equity
- Horticultural Apprenticeships
We are currently growing our team for a busy season and looking for staff who share our core values.
We offer a positive work environment, on stunning rural estate properties, and opportunities to excel with a growing company. We are proud members of Landscape Ontario with potential to pursue a Horticulture Apprenticeship for the right candidate.
Would you like to see more about our business and what we do? Please visit our Instagram feed @the.local.gardener and check out our recent interview for the Landscape Ontario trade magazine:
https://horttrades.com/gardens-are-about-people
Requirements:
If you enjoy working outdoors, have hands-on knowledge of organic gardening practises, professional horticultural/landscaping experience, are physically fit and punctual, then please send a cover letter and resume to resumes@thelocalgardener.ca .
Preferred candidates will have 2 or more years professional experience, but consideration will be given to those who have a working knowledge of perennial plants, know they’re way around gardening tools and like to work hard outdoors in all types of weather.
Reliable transportation to our office near Erin, Ontario is required as we are based from a rural property.
Selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.
No phone calls please.
Remuneration will be based on experience.
Thanks,
Matt Gove
the local gardener
resumes@thelocalgardener.ca