Job Description:

• 1) Cultivates and cares for ornamental plants and installs floral displays in indoor or outdoor settings through performance of any combination of following duties as directed by supervisory personnel: Conditions and prepares soils and plants seeds, seedlings, or bulbs in greenhouse or outdoor growing area, using spades, trowels, sprayers, sprinklers, cultivators, and other gardening handtools and equipment.

• 2) Fertilizes, waters, weeds, transplants, or thins plants in growing areas.

• 3) Mixes and applies pesticides to maintain health of plants and prepare plants for installation in greenhouse or outdoor display areas.

• 4) Lays sod or artificial grass and builds framework for indoor floral displays, or prepares outdoor display beds according to work plan.

• 5) Transplants plants from growing area to display beds, or places potted plants in beds according to work plans.

• 6) Attends display beds to maintain health of plants and beauty of display.

• 7) Maintains and repairs gardening handtools and equipment and structures, such as greenhouses and hot beds, using maintenance and carpentry tools.

• 8) May mow lawns, prune trees, and perform other duties to maintain grounds.