Seasonal Gardener

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Start Date: March 4th, 2025  Compensation: $26.50/hour

The Battery is one of New York City’s oldest public open spaces, located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor. The Battery Conservancy is a non-profit created in 1994 to rebuild the Historic Battery, in partnership with city, state, federal agencies, and private donors. The park features extensive perennial gardens designed by the Battery’s master horticultural planner Piet Oudolf, encompassing all his different garden styles over the past decades. The Seasonal Gardener position is seasonal, full-time, non-exempt and reports to operations management.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Work with horticulture team to care for extensive naturalistic herbaceous perennial gardens, trees, shrubs, grasses, and bulbs.
• Perform routine maintenance including but not limited to: watering, weeding, planting, pruning, propagating, transplanting of perennials, mulching and cut-back.
• Serve as an ambassador of The Battery Conservancy, answering the park visitor’s questions about horticulture, history and design of the park, and general park information.
• Lead volunteer groups, both corporate and individual.
• Scout for pests and disease and create monitoring reports.
• Daily debris and trash removal. Storm and snow management as needed.
• Operate and properly maintain tools and equipment.

Assist with major annual events.

Qualifications/Requirements

• One or more seasons of horticultural experience and/or related field.
• Degree or certificate in horticulture preferred.
• Ability to use and operate standard landscaping power and hand tools.
• Basic arboriculture skills.
• Able to work overtime, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Ability to work as part of a team or alone, in all weather conditions.
• Perform heavy physical work on a daily basis. Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds.
• Good writing and research skills and experience with Word and Excel are a plus

Additional Information

Position Starts:                          March 4th, 2025
Position Ends:                           October 25th, 2025

Send cover letter and resume to positions@thebattery.org with “Seasonal Gardener” in the subject. No phone calls, please. TBC is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants.

Contact Information

The Battery Conservancy
Contact Name: Sean Kiely
Email: positions@thebattery.org