BICYCLE GARDENER

PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME

Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping seeks an upbeat, energetic, solid, bicycle-friendly Garden Maintenance Assistant to join our Tread Lightly team. We provide high quality service to customers without the use of toxic chemicals or gas-powered equipment, such as blowers. We practice ecological methods.

THE POSITION

The Tread Lightly Assistant will perform landscape maintenance, traveling between clients by bicycle using a trailer in Santa Cruz neighborhoods like Seabright and Westside. We also have truck routes in Scotts Valley, Aptos, Capitola, and Bonny Doon. This is a fast-moving position where you may visit 5-8 clients in a day, as one of a team of two. The work is typical garden maintenance: weeding, raking, fertilizing, pruning, deadheading, etc. A few clients have lawns, but lawn care is not a main emphasis. We do not use blowers or other gas-powered tools. We sweep.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Love working outdoors with plants
• Love bike riding or bike touring
• Proactive, can-do attitude
• Cooperative, flexible and patient with co-workers
• Neat appearance
• Fun to work with

REQUIRED ABILITIES & EXPERIENCE

• 1 year garden maintenance experience
• Physically able to ride a bicycle with a trailer with tools
• Punctual, with good time management skills
• Detail-oriented, and able to follow directions
• Must have a smartphone, pruning shears, and gloves
• Can lift 50 lbs. or more
• High school diploma; some college preferred

Must be able to use apps like T-Sheets, and must be able to receive and send texts and occasional emails

DESIRED ABILITIES & EXPERIENCE

• 1 year horticulture, gardening, landscaping or nursery experience
• Horticultural education or landscaping certification
• Drip irrigation experience

DESIRED PERSONAL QUALITIES

  • Can establish and maintain cordial, cooperative relationships with co-workers
  • Is personally accountable and can self-supervise when needed
  • Communicates personal issues that may affect performance in advance

DAYS/ HOURS

Weekdays, 8:30am-4:30pm.

COMPENSATION

$19/hour to start

BENEFITS

  • Paid holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, Labor Day and Memorial Day, when they fall on work days
  • Vacation pay
  • Up to 48 hours paid sick leave per year

To apply, send an email to Jillian@terranovalandscaping.com explaining why you are a good fit for the position and include a resume detailing your relevant experience, plus three work references. Include your cell phone number and personal email address.