nursery greenhouse workers

Performs job duties related to bedding plants, shrubs, small trees.

Bedding plants prepare soil/growth media, fill pots; propagate, pot/re-pot, and transplant; prepare cold frames, hot beds; work on potting line (transplant seedlings/move to growing area), prepare baskets/decorative plant arrangements.

Plant care water, weed, prune, mulch, fertilize. Field work (outside) cultivate, condition soil (haul/spread topsoil/additives, mulch, rake,), transfer plants, irrigate, spray, weed, etc. Shrubs and small trees prune, transplant, tie up tree tops, wrap bare root trees with burlap Market preparation tie, bunch, wrap, price, tag select/pack products to fill orders, move/stack stock to storage areas Miscellaneous duties dig ditches, clean/repair fence/fence rows Worksite maintenance clean/repair pots, tools/equipment, clean/repair nursery/greenhouse/work areas, mow grass, grounds’ keeping, put on/remove plastic from cold frame ho uses Load/unload trucks 50 lb. bags, pinestraw bales, equipment, products, etc.