Garden Center Sales Associate

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Start Date: Spring 2025  Compensation: $20 -$24/hour

Chelsea Garden Center, with over forty years of green industry experience, is seeking knowledgeable, professional and friendly sales staff, full time or part time, for our Williamsburg, Brooklyn, location. 

Responsibilities/Duties

  • Help set up and open store daily which consists of rolling display carts and feature plant displays.
  • Interact with customers and help them with plant selections and gardening advise.
  • Our garden centers are shopper friendly retail environments; you must love working with people.
  • This position requires the ability to lift 60lbs, work outdoors in inclement weather occasionally.
  • Help in unloading fresh nursery and flower shipments, help load outgoing orders onto our trucks.
  • Help maintain bedding plants and nursery stock displays as required.
  • Pricing of new plant material as required.
  • Ensure that incoming plants are free of insects and disease and notify a manager of any issues.
  • Knowledge of our products including trees, shrubs, topicals, annuals and perennials a plus.
  • Assisting customers with all aspects of the garden center products, primarily the right plant fit.
  • If you have cashiering experience and strong customer service phone skills, please tell us.

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in horticulture and or the garden center nursery environment. 
  • Available to work weekend days in the height of the season, then alternating weekend schedule.
  • Knowledge of all types of trees, shrubs, perennials, and landscaping material. 
  • Knowledge of plant disease and plant insect control. 

Additional Information

Established in 1984 Chelsea Garden Center operates two Brooklyn, NY garden centers. We specialize in the design, delivery, and installation, of both residential and commercial landscapes. We have a diversified portfolio of work from residential to large scale commercial projects of every description.

Contact Information

Chelsea Garden Center
Email: jordan@chelseagardencenter.com