Salary: $19.00 - $25.00 Hourly
Location : City of Maplewood, MN
Job Type: Temporary/Seasonal
Job Number: 202400414
Department: Public Works
Division: Parks & Natural Resources
Opening Date: 02/05/2025
Closing Date: Continuous

Description

Work outdoors and provide gardening support for Maplewood's gardens and planting including rain gardens, boulevard and facility plantings and natural resources restoration areas.

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 6:30am-2:30pm

Desired Start Date: May 19th with flexibility. Position lasts up to 6 months
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Maintains city gardens including rain gardens, boulevard gardens, and gardens at parks and city facilities.
Prepares sites for planting; plant and mulch trees, shrubs, and perennials.
Prunes shrubs and trees.
Controls weeds and invasive species using various methods including hand pulling, mowing, brush cutting, herbiciding.
Helps maintain trails and natural areas.
May be asked to prepare planting designs.
Installs signs, markers, and temporary fencing.
Assists in evaluation of rain gardens.
Leads volunteers on projects such as planting or weeding.
Provides work direction and guidance to assistant gardener.

Working Conditions

Considerable knowledge of plant identification including trees, shrubs, perennials, native plants, and weeds.
Considerable ability to perform heavy manual labor requiring continual use of large motor skills; standing, walking or kneeling for long periods; frequent bending, stooping, shoveling, twisting, turning, crouching, stretching, reaching, pushing and pulling to perform the work.
Considerable ability to regularly lift and carry objects weighing 25-35 pounds.
Considerable ability and stamina to work outdoors all day.
Considerable ability to maintain a good driving record and drive safely and legally.
Considerable ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Working ability to mix and apply herbicide.

Minimum & Preferred Qualifications

Experience with native plants, rain gardens, and landscape design.
Two years professional experience as a gardener

01

Can you perform ALL of the following, with or without accommodation? Primary job functions require physical ability to perform work outdoors in various weather conditions and around chemicals/pesticides; must also be able to lift and carry supplies or materials weighing up to 35lbs; must be able to stand, sit, kneel and/or walk for prolonged periods of time; to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist.

02

Do you have a valid MN driver's license or equivalent out-of-state license?

03

Mark which of the following you have been employed as:

Gardener
Park, Golf Courses or Groundskeeper
Natural Resource Worker
Nursery/Garden Center Worker
None of the above

04

Have you taken any college-level classes in horticulture, botany, soil science or natural resources?

05

Have you designed, planted, or maintained rain gardens?

Required Question

City of Maplewood, MN

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