Website Carolina Flowers
About the Farm
Carolina Flowers is a florist and 30-acre flower farm serving Asheville, NC, and beyond. We create designs for weddings and events throughout Western North Carolina, Charlotte and Greenville, and we create daily flower deliveries for our Asheville customers. We have a location in West Asheville where our daily flower deliveries are created. At our Hendersonville location, we farm and design wedding and event orders.
Carolina Flowers is in an exciting period of growth and expansion, and we hope to find a career-oriented Farmer with great skills who wants to grow as a member of our team.
Job Description
The Farmer will be responsible for supporting the Farm Manager in all areas of the farm, including harvesting, planting, weeding, soil prep, supporting/staking, irrigation, composting, maintenance, clean up, and all of the other many various job farms.
The Farmer is also responsible for growing dozens of floral crops, providing them with sufficient water and nutrition, managing pests and diseases, supporting growing habits, maintaining, harvesting and handling each flower according to particular handling requirements. The Farmer should encapsulate the spirit of Carolina Flowers with an upbeat, positive attitude and a genial, kind demeanor. The Farmer must be resilient and able to work outdoors in all weather conditions, including heat and rain and snow.
You must be a team player! At Carolina Flowers, we’ve spent years developing our growing practices, and we’re looking for people who can learn and execute our techniques. Good communication skills are required as you will be expected to ask clarifying questions to make sure you understand the processes. You must be open minded and able to receive feedback and direction.
Farming is a rewarding job, but it can be repetitive. You must be able to work on repetitive tasks for long periods of time regardless of the weather.
The Farmer will be working on a team of four farmers. The total size of our staff is about 15 people across departments in both Asheville and Hendersonville.
Qualifications:
- Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds on a regular basis
- At least two seasons of commercial farming experience
- You must be able to listen to feedback on your work and use this information to improve
- Manual dexterity
- An upbeat, positive attitude that comes across in everything you do
- Enthusiastic team player
- Organized and efficient
- Resilient and indefatigable
- Punctual and reliable
Preferred Experience:
- Operating a hydrostatic (automatic) tractor
- Operating a BCS or other walk behind tiller
- Cut flower or diversified vegetable growing experience
- Knowledge of flower names
Compensation & Benefits:
- Depending on experience starting at $20/hr
- 10 days of PTO per year
- Each full-time member of our staff receives a stipend and time for an educational experience every 18 months.
- Staff receive 30% on flowers and anything at our store.
- Eligible for bonus pay for wedding clean ups after 9 p.m.
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