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Seattle Children's Hospital

Groundskeeper

Seattle, WA

$23.15 - $34.73/hr

Preferred A Bachelor's degree in horticulture, Associate's degree in horticulture, or Certificate in horticulture. ISA Certified Arborist certification. Certified Irrigation Technician certification.

Seattle Children's Hospital

Groundskeeper

Seattle, WA · On-site

$23.15 - $34.73/hr

Preferred A Bachelor's degree in horticulture, Associate's degree in horticulture, or Certificate in horticulture. ISA Certified Arborist certification. Certified Irrigation Technician certification.

HIGHWAY HORTICULTURE

Retail Sales Associate

Cassopolis, MI · On-site

$14.25 - $16.50/hr

The Retail Sales Associate is a key role for Highway Horticulture's mission to be friendly, approachable experts in our field. This position will involve guest interaction, product knowledge ...

HIGHWAY HORTICULTURE

Retail Sales Associate

Cassopolis, MI · On-site

$14.25 - $16.50/hr

The Retail Sales Associate is a key role for Highway Horticulture's mission to be friendly, approachable experts in our field. This position will involve guest interaction, product knowledge ...

HIGHWAY HORTICULTURE

Retail Sales Associate

Cassopolis, MI

$14.25 - $16.50/hr

The Retail Sales Associate is a key role for Highway Horticulture's mission to be friendly, approachable experts in our field. This position will involve guest interaction, product knowledge ...

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What is a horticulture associate?

Horticulture Associates are professionals who support the growth, maintenance, and care of plants in settings such as nurseries, greenhouses, botanical gardens, and landscaping companies. Their duties typically include planting, watering, pruning, fertilizing, and monitoring the health of various plants. They may also assist in pest management, propagation, and the upkeep of gardening equipment. Horticulture Associates often interact with customers or visitors, providing plant care advice and helping with plant selection. This role is ideal for individuals interested in plant science and hands-on outdoor work.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a horticulture associate?

To thrive as a Horticulture Associate, you need a solid understanding of plant care, soil science, pest management, and often a background in horticulture or a related field. Familiarity with gardening tools, irrigation systems, and sometimes certification in pesticide application or nursery operations is beneficial. Excellent communication, customer service, and attention to detail are crucial soft skills for assisting customers and maintaining healthy plants. These skills ensure effective plant care, satisfied clients, and efficient daily operations in nurseries, garden centers, or landscaping environments.

What are some common challenges faced by horticulture associates when maintaining plant health in diverse environments?

Horticulture Associates often encounter challenges such as adapting plant care techniques to varying climate conditions, managing pest and disease outbreaks, and ensuring proper irrigation. Each work environment—whether it’s a greenhouse, nursery, or outdoor landscape—presents unique obstacles, requiring associates to monitor plant health closely and adjust their practices accordingly. Collaborating with team members and supervisors is essential to troubleshoot issues, implement integrated pest management, and maintain consistent plant quality.

What is the difference between Horticulture Associate vs Greenhouse Technician?

AspectHorticulture AssociateGreenhouse Technician
CredentialsHigh school diploma or equivalent; some roles may require certifications in horticultureHigh school diploma; certifications in plant care or greenhouse operations are common
Work EnvironmentNurseries, gardens, landscape companies, retail garden centersGreenhouses, plant production facilities, botanical gardens
Job DutiesPlant care, landscape maintenance, customer assistance, plantingPlant propagation, climate control, pest management, maintaining greenhouse conditions

Horticulture Associates and Greenhouse Technicians often share similar credentials and work environments, focusing on plant care and maintenance. However, Horticulture Associates typically work outdoors or in retail settings, while Greenhouse Technicians specialize in controlled environment plant production. Both roles are essential in the horticulture industry and often overlap in skills and certifications.

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Groundskeeper

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

$23.15 - $34.73/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 13 days ago

Seattle Children's rating

8.5

Company rating: 8.5 out of 10

Based on 65 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

55th of 1,060 rated hospitals

Job description

Our 30-acre landscape at the main campus is unlike what you’ll find at other hospitals or large properties. We have a densely planted, extremely diverse, botanical garden-style landscape with a wide variety of trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, and ferns. Our collection comprises over 3,000 plant species, including many rare and uncommon plants, making it an engaging environment in which to work and study. We also have a variety of spaces, including a children’s play garden, rain gardens, a fully planted roof garden, a wildflower meadow, natural areas, green roofs, beds with mixed perennials and grasses, and numerous trees. The spaces we take care of are appreciated and enjoyed by patients, families, and staff, who may be experiencing very difficult situations, so it can be a truly fulfilling place to work in horticulture.

This position will be responsible for performing skilled gardening work and maintaining exterior hardscapes with minimal direct supervision to keep properties clean, safe, and attractive. In an assigned area of up to 10 acres, under general supervision, function independently and be held accountable for overall management and work performed. Coordinate and collaborate with other team members on larger projects. Work is performed year-round, outdoors, in all types of weather at the main campus of Seattle Children's Hospital and at various clinical and non-clinical sites as assigned.

Required Education and Experience
High school diploma or equivalent experience.
A minimum of two (2) years of practical groundskeeping or landscaping experience in a public or institutional environment.

Work experience weeding, grooming, planting, and transplanting, and using hand pruners, weeding tools, loppers, hedge shears, hand saws, basic carpentry tools, backpack blower, mower, and string trimmer.

Work experience pruning a variety of different types and species of woody plants.

Work experience driving trucks.
As noted in the driver's license requirement below, the applicant must have a driving record acceptable to Risk Management.
Required Credentials
Current Washington State Driver's License to operate hospital vehicles.
Preferred

A Bachelor's degree in horticulture, Associate's degree in horticulture, or Certificate in horticulture.

ISA Certified Arborist certification.

Certified Irrigation Technician certification.

Work experience independently managing a large landscape with minimal direct oversight.

Work experience doing landscape maintenance in a public or institutional environment.

Work experience edging, pressure washing, operating a chainsaw, and using heavy equipment.

Work experience using, troubleshooting, repairing, installing, and designing irrigation systems.

Strong plant identification skills, particularly of plants that are commonly grown outdoors in the Pacific Northwest.

Work experience removing ice and snow using shovels, plows, and heavy equipment.
 

Compensation Range

$23.15 - $34.73 per hour

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.

Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants

This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.

Benefits Information

Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.  Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits.

About Us

Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s – to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.  Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE

Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay. Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.
 
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are honored to be one of the nation’s very best places to care for children and the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

As a Magnet designated institution, we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity and Innovation. Whether it’s delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner, practicing the highest standards of quality and safety, or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases, these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.

Our Commitment

Seattle Children’s welcomes people of all experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

The people who work at Seattle Children’s are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves.

Seattle Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affirmative Action Employer.

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Based in Seattle, Washington, Seattle Children’s comprises a leading pediatric hospital, research institute, and foundation dedicated to the care and cure of childhood illness. The system is internationally recognized for cutting‑edge clinical care in cardiology, oncology, genetics, and rare disease, alongside world-class translational research in areas such as immunology, neuroscience, and infectious disease.

Industry

Hospitals

Company size

5,001 - 10,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Seattle, WA, US

Year founded

1907

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