Interior Horticulturist

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Start Date: January 2025  Compensation: $25/hour

Interior Horticulturists are responsible for the care and maintenance of interior plants and botanic installations in both client spaces across NYC and our studio space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They play a crucial role in ensuring the health and appearance of plant installations, contributing to the positive experience for our clients by fostering a connection with the natural environment.

Responsibilities/Duties

  • Assess individual plant water needs and provide appropriate watering to maintain plant health.
  • Monitor for pests and implement treatment as necessary to preserve plant integrity.
  • Dust plant leaves and prune foliage to uphold a tidy and attractive appearance.
  • Check automated systems (irrigation, lighting) regularly to ensure proper function.
  • Assist with installations, including planting, delivery, and installation of interior plants.
  • Support living wall installations as required.
  • Maintain daily notes, update maintenance logs, and document photos in Google Drive.
  • Care for Greenery plant inventory at our HQ/studio, ensuring plants are watered and cared for.
  • Continuously develop horticultural skills and proficiency in operating and troubleshooting automated systems.
  • Actively participate and contribute to meetings, projects, and company initiatives.
  • Unload plants from delivery trucks + assist with the appropriate movement and placement of all live inventory
  • Upkeep cleanliness and company safety standards in studio and on-site
  • Assist with tracking and movement of inventory throughout studio space

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Strong interest in interior tropical plants.
  • Minimum of 1 year experience working with plants in a professional setting or a degree in horticulture.
  • Able to navigate public transit around NYC.
  • Demonstrated strong work ethic, reliability, and attention to design and detail.
  • Ability to lift objects weighing 30+ lbs regularly.
  • Passion for plants and a positive attitude with a sense of humor.
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, and diverse work environment, demonstrating adaptability, resilience, and a proactive approach to handling multiple tasks and challenges simultaneously
  • Comfortable working on ladders
  • Availability to work a Tuesday - Saturday Schedule

Additional Information

Benefits:

  • Opportunity to join Yellowstone's health and dental insurance plan
  • 7 paid holidays per year
  • 120 Hours of PTO per year
  • Weekly Travel Stipend
  • 5% 401K Match

Physical Demands:

  • Most work tasks are performed in a space where the environmental conditions vary widely.
  • Must be able to stand for up to 10 hours per day. 
  • Must be able to work on a ladder up to 16' tall
  • Must be able to exert well-paced ability to reach other departments of the property or other areas on a timely basis.
  • Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs. 
  • Must be able to move items weighing in excess of 50 lbs. routinely.
  • Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to perform daily tasks.
  • Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity
  • Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and subordinates.
  • Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.
  • Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment.
  • Must be able to work well under pressure managing multiple deadlines.

Contact Information

Greenery NYC
Contact Name: Hannah Kelly
Email: hannah@greenerynyc.com