Employment Opportunities
About Us: Evergreen Nursery is a well-established retail plant nursery and garden center in San Leandro that has been serving the East Bay gardening community for 40 years. We are recognized and trusted for our high quality plants, our wide selection, and our friendly staff who are dedicated to helping customers choose the right plants for their indoor and outdoor spaces.
Experienced Landscape Maintenance Crew Member
Our landscape division maintains residential gardens and properties for East Bay area homeowners. We deliver the same high quality service and horticultural expertise to our local landscaping customers that we do in our retail garden center.
We offer routine maintenance and aesthetic gardening services to a well established client base. Client relationships are central to our business, and we provide more than “mow and blow” services.
Our landscape team has a home base at our San Leandro location. We meet there to begin our day and we drive company vehicles. We provide both meal breaks and rest breaks. We take extra care and precautions whenever seasonal heat or air quality warnings are in effect.
Employment Type: Part Time, Full Time
Reports To: Landscape Services Manager
Compensation: Starts at $18-$20/hour Based Upon Experience
Essential Job Duties:
- Maintain (weed, prune, water, and plant): bed and container gardens including annual and perennial flowers; shrubs, hedges, and small trees (under 10 ft); and lawns (turf).
- Clean up and dispose of all landscaping debris, maintaining high quality standards of client property.
- Plant and water annual and perennial plants as assigned.
- Periodically fertilize lawn, trees, flowers and shrubs and spread mulch.
- Trim trees, hedges, and shrubs with both hand and power tools.
- Be comfortable and capable using hand tools including: pruning shears, soil knife, loppers, shovels, forks, rakes, and small hedge trimming saws.
- Mow and trim small residential lawns using a push mower and/or weed whacker.
- Utilize organic controls as needed to treat plant infestations and diseases. We use a limited range of people and animal safe organic chemical controls. Pesticide applicator’s license is not required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills & Abilities:
- Enthusiasm for gardening related work.
- Ability to follow directions and instructions from Supervisor.
- A positive attitude and a willingness to learn.
- Works well in a team environment.
- Communicates proficiently and proactively.
- Desire to expand horticultural knowledge.
- Ability to work safely and follow directions.
- Ability to maintain a respectful and cordial work environment.
- Spanish language skills are a plus.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift, push, and pull 50 pounds regularly.
- Must be able to climb ladders and stairs (Note: we only prune small trees under 10 feet; some of our clients have terraced gardens on multiple levels.)
- Must be able to sit, bend, crawl, kneel, and reach.
- Must be able to traverse a worksite in different types of weather.
- Must be able to navigate uneven terrain.
- Must be able to sustain prolonged periods of standing and physical labor in all seasons.
Additional Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent experience.
- Hands-on horticulture, gardening or agricultural knowledge is a plus.
- Current and valid California Driver's License.
- Capable of learning new equipment and tools as needed.
- Must be available to work Monday through Friday.
Evergreen Nursery is an equal opportunity employer where everyone is encouraged to apply and join our diverse team. Nosotras hablamos un poco de español. We are committed to creating a safe, positive, and inclusive work environment for all human beings.
HOW TO APPLY:
Email your resume to Manager@theevergreennursery.com OR Download an Application to fill out and return to the nursery during business hours.
Seasonal Part-Time Nursery Associate
Employment Type: Part-Time
Reports To: General Manager and Store Manager
Compensation: $17/hour for entry level; more based on experience.
Position Overview:
During the spring and summer growing seasons we frequently have openings for seasonal employment for day shifts and weekends. Joining our team offers many opportunities for those who enjoy working with customers, caring for plants, and creating a welcoming shopping environment.
Essential Job Duties:
• Enthusiastically greet customers and visitors
• Provide friendly and efficient customer service
• Water and groom houseplants
• Stock, merchandise and clean interior store displays
• Maintain the exterior nursery via watering, cleaning, signage, bagging, and other duties as assigned
• Check-out customer purchases using computer point of sale system
• Receive and move goods physically; heavy lifting required 35 lbs
• Re-stock merchandise as necessary
Required Skills & Abilities:
• Excellent Communications skills
• Friendly disposition; enjoy working with people
• Retail customer service experience a plus
• Spanish language skills a plus
• Love for gardening and garden plants
• Enthusiasm and initiative
• Self starter
Additional Requirements:
• High School Diploma or higher desired
• Proficient in use of PC computer system
• Capable of learning new technology and software applications
• Desire to significantly expand horticultural knowledge and selling skills
Evergreen Nursery is an equal opportunity employer where everyone is encouraged to apply and join our diverse team. Nosotras hablamos un poco de español. We are committed to creating a safe, positive, and inclusive work environment for all human beings.