Find Jobs
Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location
Skip to job details
TG
Total Grounds
Fine Gardener
Career Insights for Landscaping / Groundskeeping Worker
See where this job fits in the broader career landscape. Knowing your career path helps you see what's possible from here.
Scorecard
Based on New Hampshire data
Review key factors to help you decide if this role fits your goals. How is this calculated?
What they do
A Landscaping or Groundskeeping Worker provides landscaping for residences, parks, public gardens, college campuses or building or office park grounds. Provides care for plants and trees including mowing, trimming and planting, and repairs driveways, walks, benches or other structures.
$44,583 / year median in New Hampshire
+12% projected growth
Job Description
Total Grounds is a thriving professional landscape company and is seeking the right candidate to join our Enhancements team. The fine gardeners core responsibilities will be to maintain our customers' properties to the highest standards through tasks such as pruning, weeding, planting and grooming plants. As part of the Enhancements Division, the fine gardener will be deployed to assist in maintaining seasonal maintenance contracts, as well as plant installation projects across all our divisions. Seasonal fine gardening responsibilities run from April through October. Seasonal, weekly, and daily start times will be weather dependent and may fluctuate based on conditions.
Key Responsibilities:
Garden Maintenance- The primary responsibility of a fine gardener is to maintain the appearance and health of gardens to the highest standards. This includes tasks such as pruning, weeding, deadheading and planting flowers for optimal aesthetic appeal. Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Employ IPM techniques to manage pests and diseases in a sustainable manner, minimizing the use of chemical pesticides. Pruning and Training
- Pruning is an essential aspect of fine gardening, shaping plants for optimal growth and aesthetic appeal.
Spring / Fall
Cleanup & Mulching- work together with team members to prepare properties for seasonal transition to and from winter. Snow Operations
- Seasonally operate a plow truck, loader or be part of sidewalk crew during winter season.
Pay:
$23.00- $27.