What are the responsibilities and job description for the Experienced Fine Gardener position at Tidy Gardens?
Experienced Fine Gardener
$25–$30/hour | Seasonal | Full-time & Part-time
Tidy Gardens | Hingham & the South Shore, MA
Tidy Gardens is a growing fine-gardening company specializing in thoughtful, ecological care of established residential gardens. We focus on horticulture, craftsmanship, and detailed garden care — without chemical herbicides or gas-powered equipment.
We're looking for an experienced gardener or horticulture professional with strong plant knowledge, practical gardening skills, and the judgment to recognize what an established garden needs.
If you've spent multiple seasons developing your skills in professional gardening, estate gardening, horticulture, or a similar setting, we'd love to hear from you as we build our team for the 2027 season.
What You'll Do
- Fine pruning of ornamental shrubs and small trees
- Detailed garden maintenance and hand weeding
- Skilled deadheading and seasonal perennial care
- Container gardening and maintenance
- Ornamental and vegetable garden care
- Plant and weed identification
- Plant-health monitoring
- Ecological plant-care treatments
- Seasonal garden maintenance
- Assessment and prioritization of garden needs
- Communication of plant-health and property concerns
We're Looking For
- Multiple seasons of professional gardening, horticulture, estate gardening, or comparable experience
- Strong ornamental plant and weed identification
- Fine-pruning knowledge and proper pruning technique
- Experience caring for perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees, annuals, and containers
- Understanding of seasonal garden maintenance
- Ability to recognize common plant-health concerns
- Strong independent work habits
- Excellent attention to detail
- Consistently high-quality finished work
Experience maintaining fine or high-end residential gardens is strongly preferred.
Fine Gardening Apprenticeship
Every gardener who joins Tidy Gardens participates in our Fine Gardening Apprenticeship Program.
The program meets gardeners at their existing level of experience. For an experienced gardener, the focus includes learning Tidy Gardens' properties, systems, ecological practices, quality standards, and approach to fine garden care while continuing to develop professionally.
Progression is based on demonstrated skill, quality, reliability, horticultural knowledge, and readiness for additional responsibility.
Why Tidy Gardens?
- $25–$30/hour, based on professional experience and demonstrated skill
- Performance-based increases
- Full-time and part-time opportunities
- Mileage reimbursement for eligible work travel
- Tidy Gardens tool kit provided for use during employment
- Work essentials, including Tecnu, and rain gear provided
- One-year Picture This plant identification app subscription provided
- Continued horticultural learning and professional development
- Opportunities for increased responsibility and leadership as the company grows
- Quiet, ecological work without chemical herbicides or gas-powered equipment
Tidy Gardens is growing intentionally. We want to build an excellent place for skilled gardeners to work — one where horticultural knowledge matters, quality work is valued, and strong employees have opportunities to grow along with the company.
Schedule & Requirements
This is a seasonal position from spring through fall. Applicants must have reliable weekday availability, a valid driver's license, and reliable personal transportation.
Employees travel between residential properties in their personal vehicles.
The work is physically active and requires extended periods of bending, kneeling, squatting, lifting, and working outdoors in typical seasonal weather.
We're currently hiring for the 2027 gardening season.
Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour
Expected hours: 20.0 – 40.0 per week
Work Location: In person
Salary : $25 - $30