Flower Garden Lead
Native Roots Farm seeks someone enthusiastic about making high-end quality products for the local food industry. The candidate should have hands-on experience making plants or flowers thrive.
You will be committed to producing fresh, interesting greens that consistently surprise and delight Austin's top chefs and their customers.
This role is a physical job that will burn more calories than sitting all day in front of a computer screen. If you are ready for a change of pace, appreciate team-oriented problem-solving, and gain satisfaction from maintaining a healthy environment for our nutritious greens, join our farm.
Compensation
Pay starts between $15-$18 an hour. Starting compensation will be based on experience.
Qualifications
- Part-time work hours are (generally 7 AM to 2 PM)
- Availability for early morning starts (6, 7, or 8 AM; adapting to gain daylight or avoid mid-afternoon heat)
- Monitor plants with attention to pattern changes and details
- Openness to continuous improvement
- Commitment to data collection and lean testing methods
- Seeding, harvesting, hydrating plants, and cleaning in a routine timely manner
- Fitness to handle indoor and outdoor work, moving or lifting objects in the 20-50 lb range
- Fitness to stand, stoop, or move about for most of the shift
- Competence with basic farm tools
- Ability to learn and identify plants by sight, smell, or taste
- Commitment to excellent communication and teamwork
- Knowledge of service industry and health code practices
- Hands-on farming and organizational tasks
- Proficiency with managing seasonal and successional planting
- Experience with getting plants and flowers to thrive
- Identify problems and constructively contribute solutions to the team without ego
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Authorized to work in the US
Ideal Experience
- Service or Food industry background (hotels, restaurants, bars, or grocery stores)
- Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) or Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Certification
- Ability to identify and mitigate pests and diseases sustainably
- Assembling or maintaining garden drip irrigation systems
- Growing a thriving flower garden using sustainable or regenerative practices (seasonally, from seed to harvest)
- Spreadsheets (creation, editing and maintenance)
- Creating campaigns via Instagram
Please get in touch with us at [hello@nativerootsfarm.com](mailto:hello@nativerootsfarm.com) to express interest with URBAN FARMER in the subject line.
Please include:
- Your resume/CV
- Three references (including email and phone contact information and the capacity in which they have worked with you)
- Confirm that you have a vehicle
To learn more about Native Roots Farm, please visit [www.nativerootsfarm.com](http://www.nativerootsfarm.com/) or @nativerootsfarm on Instagram.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour
Expected hours: 35 per week
Benefits:
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- Retail sales: 1 year (Preferred)
- Merchandising: 1 year (Preferred)
- Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Austin, TX 78727 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Austin, TX 78727: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Work Location: In person