Seeking Garden and Research IPM Specialist for an immediate permanent benefitted full-time position.
We are Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a perennial plant nursery established in Raleigh in 1986, offering unique, rare, well grown, and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world. Despite being best known as a nursery, we actually exist for our work as a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and making plants available via propagation. We are a family-owned company with a mission to support research, education and the exploration of plants through the sales of unique perennial plants.
Our nursery and garden provide an opportunity to work indoors and outdoors year-round, so we have a casual dress code, a diverse staff, and a friendly working environment.
Our ideal candidate will possess the following:
· Up to date knowledge of plant health problems and solutions
· Passion for working outdoors and especially with plants
· Ability to carry 50 pound backpack sprayer
· Flexibility in workflow expectations
· Toughness. It is a hard job and it takes grit.
Job Description:
This position is responsible for the nutrition, disease control, pest management, and weed control of the garden and research areas. This position requires the spraying of various organic and non-organic fertilizers and pesticides as a regular part of the job.
Compensation: $18.25 – $20.25 per hour based upon experience
Benefits:
· Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance options
· Simple IRA with company matching funds up to 3%
· Paid public holidays
· PTO and Vacation days
Employee Classification: Full Time, hourly (non-exempt)
Standard Business Hours: Monday – Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year