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Balled and Burlapped (B&B) Laborer

Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery, Colo.

Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery is looking for a B&B laborer. Position will be seasonal and full-time Mon through Fri 8-5, with overtime as needed. Position will begin mid-late February and will last through August or so depending on weather and business.  The ideal candidate will possess a combination of skid-steer experience and some horticulture experience. Position is outside in most conditions.

Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Unloading B&B material from incoming trucks and putting away
• Loading B&B material onto trucks for delivery and for customers
• Assist shipping crew with loading trucks of container material
• Assist walk-on customers with orders and loading
• Basic machinery maintenance
• Check trees for signs of stress, insects, disease, etc
• Work closely with Shipping Manager to get trucks out in timely fashion

Pay will depend on experience.  To apply, send resume to: jason@ftcollinswholesalenursery.com

For Sale by Owner

Las Cruces, N.M.

Turnkey greenhouse facility located in sunny Las Cruces, N.M. 

56,000 Sq. Ft. Gutter Connect Greenhouses, all concrete/rolling benches, hot water and natural gas heating/evaporative cooling

11,000 Sq. Ft. Warehouse/ loading dock / two enclosed offices/Large walk-in cooler

2.92 Acres of land

3 wells with16 acre feet water rights/10,000-gallon storage tank, also connected to city water, fertilizer injector and insecticide application systems, plumbed throughout

Established market/Trained employees

Price: $650,000. Contact Lynn Payne at 505-988-9626 or ld@paynes.com.

Grower

Orchard Mesa Greenhouse, Palisade, Colo.

Orchard Mesa Greenhouse, located in Palisade, Colorado, is a year-round producer of bedding plants, potted plants, and specialty cutflowers. We are looking for a grower with a minimum of 2 years of professional growing experience to oversee and participate in all aspects involved in the production of these crops. Some evenings and weekends required. Wage will depend on experience.

To apply, contact Mike at 970-434-4119 or e-mail resume to grower@orchardmesagreenhouse.com.

Posted 12-21-11

Nursery Manager

Landon’s Greenhouse and Nursery, Sheridan, Wyo.

Landon’s Greenhouse is looking for a Nursery Manager.  Successful applicant will genuinely enjoy working with people and plants in a fast paced retail environment.  

“Must have” qualifications include:

. Excellent written and oral communications skills

. Positive, friendly, approachable attitude and presentation

. Good physical condition capable of lifting 80# up to 4’

. High proficiency with Microsoft Excel

. High-energy, enthusiastic, get-it-done work ethic, with motivation to advance to upper management and/or ownership position

“Gee wouldn’t it be nice” qualifications include:

. Three to five years’ prior experience dealing with the public on a day-to-day basis in a retail establishment, preferably in the nursery industry

. Knowledge of Rocky Mtn. regional woody plant material specific to Zone 3/Zone 4

. Horticulture-related educational degree

. Prior supervisory experience

Key Position Responsibilities include:

. Order nursery stock for retail sales; coordinate product mix, product sizing, shipment deliveries, and pricing

. Work directly with customers to select trees and shrubs and advise customers on plant problems/resolution and plant identification

. Safely execute physically demanding aspects of the job including lifting and loading trees and shrubs into customer vehicles, moving plants and other merchandise, shoveling, raking, pruning, potting, etc.   

. Build Excel spreadsheet product schedules, supplies schedules, and other computerized tools to facilitate and manage the operation of the nursery department

. Manage the facilities and grounds on an 8-acre garden center location.  Ensure the property appearance is professional, neat and clean.  Coordinate facility and equipment repair/maintenance activities with internal staff or external service providers

. Maintain crop health by monitoring, fertilizing, and treating insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides as needed.  This includes routine spraying in the garden center greenhouse.

. Operate tractors, forklifts, loaders, and other equipment.

Benefits:

. Compensation DOE

. Full-year wages/salary with opportunity for significant paid time off

. Health insurance

. Retirement

. Bonuses depending on company performance

. Employee discounts

For more information about Landon’s Greenhouse, visit us at www.landonsgreenhouse.com.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume and references to Wayne Gray at cm@landonsgreenhouse.com, fax to 307-673-6323, or mail to Landon’s Greenhouse, 56 Landon Lane, Sheridan, Wyoming, 82801.

Serious applicants only, please.

Fertility and Pest Control Manager

Propagation and Liner Production Manager

Distribution Operations Manager

Are you concerned about the future of the Green industry? We are NOT!  Our organization is first generation, privately owned. We are growing both the Field Operation and Landscape Distribution Center components of our business.  We have bold plans to create competitive advantage into the future and are looking for leaders that want to play offense rather than defense.  We have three key positions available:  Fertility and Pest Control Manager, Propagation and Liner Production Manager, and Distribution Operations Manager.

•  Your Attributes:

You are exceptionally smart and resourceful.   You are very organized and are able to organize others.   You are a self-motivated team player. You are trustworthy, dependable, loyal, responsible and absolutely accountable.   You are a multi-tasker that knows how to makes things happen.   You are never satisfied with mediocrity or the status quo.   You are thick-skinned, easy to get along with, upbeat and motivational.   You are tenacious.   You think outside the box.   You believe "can't" is a bad, four-letter word.   Your attitude is "can-do", "no-problem",  "where there’s a will there's a way",  "solutions not excuses" and "whatever it takes".   You are always looking for ways to get more done in less time with better results.   You are always thinking ahead and anticipating what needs to be done next.   You want to do everything you can to help the organization and yourself be more successful.   You want to be well compensated commensurate with your value to our company, without pre-defined limits.

Your Responsibilities:

If you are looking for a position without responsibility and accountability, please do not apply. You must perform such that the Management and Owner of our company have total faith in your abilities, so that they are all able to trust, rely and depend on you to take total ownership of the position and its responsibilities.

To apply see https://ciims.cindexinc.com/job/cfe444

Professional Gardeners for 2012 season 

Gardening by Tess, Denver, Colo.

We are taking resumes for Professional Gardeners for the 2012 Season. 

Please have the following:

A sense of humor.

At least two years experience maintaining lawns and gardens required.  Individual must have valid Colorado driver's license (with no DUI's).  Ability to use equipment such as blowers, weed eaters, hedgers, pruners, and trailers (including backing, etc).  The positions calls for someone who represents our company so must be able and willing to work physically outdoors under all weather conditions, including lifting and digging.  Must be self-motivated, able to prioritize work and know plant material. Work with a team and be able to take directions.

Absolutely no drugs and no drama. 

If you are a home gardener and only do your own home and “think “ you would like to work in the field with a professional crew, please only apply if you are able to garden for eight-plus hours in the heat five days a week moving at a fast pace (multiple homes per day). You must be in shape to do this job.

Seasonal work from March through December.

Send resumes and at least three references with at least one horticultural experience to:

Tess@gardeningbytess.com

Landscape Maintenance Crew Leader

Dwyer Greens & Flowers, New Castle, Colo.

At least 2 years experience maintaining irrigation systems, lawns and gardens required.  Individual must have valid Colorado driver's license (with no DUI's).  Ability to use equipment such as blowers, mowers, weed eaters, hedgers, pruners, skid loaders and trailers (including backing, etc).  The crew leader leads by example so must be able and willing to work physically outdoors under all weather conditions, including lifting and digging.  Must be self-motivated, able to prioritize work and know plant material.

Seasonal work from March through November, possibly less if employed by the ski industry.  Housing may be available at nusery in New Castle (house or one bedroom apartment in house with separate entrance).

Please send resume to lynn@dwyergreens.com or P.O. Box 975, New Castle, CO  81647 Company can be viewed at www.dwyergreens.com

Pay commensurate with experience

Landscape Foreman

Fitzgerald Landscaping, Aspen, Colo.

1. 5 years experience preferred or equivalent educational experience or combination of both
2. Bi Lingual a must
3. Valid CO Driver’s License and able to be insured.  Clean MVR
4. Ability to operate equipment such as skid steers and mini ex’s
5. Self Motivated and independent thinker/problem solver
6. Industry certifications a plus
7. Ability to read and interpret plans
8. Excellent knowledge of plant material
9. Ability to interact with clients, co-workers and vendors in a professional manner
10. Ability to lift heavy loads
11. Ability to operate and maneuver trucks and trailers with equipment and/or loads on them
12. Work is seasonal: April through November.
13. Ability to read and interpret production reports
14. Ability to  keep accurate timekeeping records
15. Ability to use or learn to use Quickbooks, email, spreadsheet and word processing software

Send resume to fitzgeraldlandscaping@gmail.com.

Gardening Foreman

Fitzgerald Landscaping, Aspen, Colo.

Fitzgerald Landscaping is looking for a dedicated Grower/Gardening Foreman. Horticulture education is required. Qualified Individuals will:

•  Work closely with our team of managers to organize and facilitate multiple maintenance and installation jobs.
•  Assist with vegetable gardens and assist with harvests.
•  Inspect fields periodically to ascertain nutrient deficiencies, detect insect, disease, and pest infestations, and identify foreign-plant growth.
•  Select, purchase and schedule fertilizers and herbicides in fields.
•  Maintain perennial, annual and herb gardens and greenhouse products.
•  Assist in creating and designing custom pots and baskets.
•  Develop and plan future projects.
•  Explore new avenues and assist with development and sales of crops.
•  Conduct rapid assessments of plants health and proactively implement fertilization, nutrition systems where necessary.

Please apply in writing to fitzgeraldlandscaping@gmail.com.