Gardener

Gardener – Hope Valley Country Club

Established in 2000 and headquartered at our Club Support Center in Atlanta, Georgia, with a satellite office in Naples, Florida, Bobby Jones Links is a club management and development company rich in resources and expertise, serving private, resort, daily fee, and public courses.

At the core of everything we do is our commitment to serving people. We have spent more than two decades building a vibrant company culture that delivers the lifestyle, camaraderie, and experiences our members and customers desire—and an environment where our employees thrive.

Hope Valley Country Club, located in Durham, North Carolina, and managed by Bobby Jones Links, is hiring a Horticulturist for the Clubhouse Area. Founded in 1926, Hope Valley is an elite private club featuring a classic Donald Ross-designed golf course, a state-of-the-art tennis facility, a resort-style pool complex, and a spacious, welcoming clubhouse offering its members first-class recreation, dining, and programming. Hope Valley is ideally situated in the heart of one of the Southeast’s most vibrant, exciting areas.

Position Summary:

The Gardener will be responsible for the care, maintenance, and enhancement of all clubhouse landscape areas. This includes managing plant health, seasonal displays, and the aesthetic appeal of beds, containers, shrubs, and trees surrounding the clubhouse, pool, and tennis complex. The role supports the club’s goal of providing a pristine, welcoming environment for members and guests.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains and enhances landscape beds, planters, and ornamental garden areas around the clubhouse, pool, and tennis facilities.
• Plants, prunes, mulches, waters, and fertilizes flowers, shrubs, trees, and groundcover.
• Install seasonal floral displays.
• Maintains tools and horticultural equipment; cleans and inspects tools after use.
• Assists with holiday and event décor installation when required.
• Collaborates with the Horticulturist to ensure a consistent, high-quality landscape presentation.
• Reports any issues with plant health, irrigation, or landscape infrastructure to supervisor.
• Maintains cleanliness of exterior clubhouse walkways and entry points as it relates to landscape debris.

Required Skills:

• Strong knowledge of plant care, soil management, pruning, and pest/disease control.
• Ability to maintain aesthetically pleasing landscape and garden areas.
• Proficiency in the safe use of hand tools and small horticultural machinery.
• Attention to detail and a strong sense of aesthetics.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Creativity and a passion for plant care and landscape design.

Physical Demands and Work Environment Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of walking, standing, bending, stretching, pushing, pulling, and kneeling.
• Must be physically able to operate landscape and horticulture equipment.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to work in a variety of weather conditions, including heat, rain, and cold.

This position is ideal for a horticulture professional with a passion for landscape beauty and environmental care who enjoys working in a prestigious, member-focused club environment.

Required Skills

• Ability to operate tools and machinery.
• Attention to detail.
• Problem-solving skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods walking, standing, bending, stretching, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, or kneeling.
• Must be physically able to operate power equipment.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time.
• Must be able to work in a variety of weather conditions.

Salary : $18 - $20