Description

The Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission is an award winning organization with over 5,000 employees that administers over 52,000 acres of stream valley parks, large regional parks, neighborhood parks and park-school recreation areas throughout Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. We administer and maintain the park systems, and in Prince George’s county, we are also responsible for developing the county’s public recreation programs.
Our Department of Parks & Recreation has the overall responsibility for planning, supervising and coordinating all park/recreation facilities and services throughout Prince George’s County. The Facility Services Division (FSD) is the largest Division within this Department and is composed of six major work areas: Fleet Management, Buildings & Structures (Trade Shops), Horticulture & Forestry (Roads & Grounds), Major Maintenance & Inspection, Critical Projects(Heavy Equipment, FMT and ADA) and the Administrative section. The mission of FSD is to provide professional, high quality maintenance and maintenance support services for all parks and recreation facilities and to support the diverse work programs of the Parks & Recreation department in Prince George’s county and its customers.
This position is located in the Southern or Northern Landscape sections of the Horticulture & Forestry (H&F) group in the Maintenance and Development Division. This position will work under general supervision, performing skilled gardening and landscaping work in the care and maintenance of Commission parks, public gardens and/or landscaped areas of Commission buildings and facilities.
The successful candidate will perform a full range of gardening and grounds maintenance duties, as assigned, with occasional instruction or assistance as unusual or unique situation arise. This candidate will provide assistance with landscaping/gardening projects to include: design, research and plant selection. They will also have a good knowledge base of the typical horticulture material used in this region, including the ability to ID plants (common and scientific names), shrubs and trees commonly used in landscape beds along with commonly accepted IPM practices.

Examples of Important Duties

• Generally, assigned to an area landscaping crew, performing landscape bed preparation planting annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees.
• Landscape bed maintenance, including weeding, fertilizing, watering, raking and adding mulch. Ability to use and operate a variety of hand and power tools associated with the landscaping industry.
• Prune, plant and transplant trees
• Mow fine turf; from time to time, remove and relay sod
• Assist with the diagnoses of plant issues, such as drainage problems and pests.
• Under supervision, apply pesticides and fertilizers. Should be able to calculate the appropriate rates of pesticides and fertilizers. Record and maintain records of pesticides and fertilizers used.
• Operate mowers, small motorized equipment, utility vehicles and commonly used hand tools.
• Assist with the design and installation of hardscape structures – walls, steps, paths, fountains, etc.
• Operate snow throwers and shovels to remove snow from sidewalks and drives.
• Operates complex equipment and vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating requiring a CDL.

Minimum Qualifications

1. High school graduate or GED, and four years of progressively responsible experience in grounds keeping, building maintenance, or park maintenance; and demonstrated ability to read and understand materials and instructions and write routine records and reports; or

Supplemental Information

Classification Specification Gardener
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate a workplace culture of diversity, equity and inclusion without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other non-merit factor.