Organization Description

Naples Botanical Garden is a 170-acre world-class paradise, featuring the flora and cultures of the tropics and sub-tropics including Brazil, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and Florida. The Garden’s mission is to connect people and plants through display, education, conservation, and applied science. The Garden has beautifully restored native habitats, cultivated gardens, walking trails, and public programming that offer education and enjoyment for people of all ages. Naples Botanical Garden is a 501(c)3 organization.

Job Summary: Serves as the Water Garden Manager for Naples Botanical Garden. This position is responsible for the maintenance and care of the water gardens with an emphasis on aquatic plant care. This role includes the aspects of nursery production, rotational display, and guidance for care of plant collections to gardeners. The Water Garden Manager will work closely with the Senior Horticulture Manager to oversee gardeners whose areas include water gardens and aquatic plants. The Water Garden Manager will represent Naples Botanical Garden to its partners regarding aspects of water gardens and aquatic plants.

Coordinate the hosting of International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society’s New Waterlily Competition in accordance with the agreed MOU.
Partner with Longwood Gardens in accordance with the agreed MOU to grow and produce Victoria seeds.
Continue to foster relationships such as those mentioned above.
Develop and implement rotational production of collection plants from the nursery to the garden for quality displays continuously
Maintain collections of aquatic plants to capacity
Train and oversee gardeners whose responsibilities for plant care overlap in the garden
General maintenance of displays following best management practices including weeding, skimming, grooming, fertilization, and pest management
Follow the standard procedures defined by curator of records for all actions pertaining to data recording, keeping, and displaying
Other duties as required and assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in public gardening or landscape and grounds maintenance.
A bachelor’s degree or the equivalent experience in horticulture collection and display
Must provide a valid driver’s license and good driver’s record and be capable of operating pickup trucks and other essential equipment safely.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of plant material, proper maintenance techniques, and correct horticultural practices, with good aesthetic sensibility.
Experience with nursery production preferred
Ability to work well within a diverse and multicultural workforce, including volunteers.
Ability to work as part of a team or individually with little or no supervision.
Ability to operate all types of lawn/gardening equipment, blowers, trimmers, etc. safely as needed.
Good interpersonal communication, and literacy skills.

Working Conditions:

Normal work hours are 7:00am-3:30pm; must have flexible schedule as work priorities or seasonal needs change. Schedule may include evenings or weekends.
Must be able to work required overtime, often with little advance notice (e.g., storm damage).
Must be able to work outside in inclement weather—extreme heat, high winds, and rain.
Must be able to perform physical work including bending, stooping, and reaching.
Must be willing to apply herbicides and pesticides under supervision.
Requirements/Qualifications
A pre-employment background check required.

Benefits: Naples Botanical Garden offers Medical, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, Retirement Plan, Long -Short Term Disability, PTO, Garden Perks.

Naples Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Garden has a long-standing policy of employment and advancement based solely upon qualifications to perform the essential elements of a position without regard to age, creed, gender, national origin or ancestry, race, color, religion, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, HIV status, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, handicap or mental or physical disability.

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