Bedding House Manager

Louisiana Nursery is hiring for the Bedding House Manager position in Baton Rouge, LA. This hands-on role supports the operation's day-to-day production and care work. Reliable execution and early communication matter because the work directly affects plants, animals, equipment, coworkers, customers, or the surrounding property. What you will do • Water, move, space, label, prune, weed, and organize nursery plants according to their needs and supervisor direction. • Assist with receiving, potting, propagation, order preparation, loading, or customer support as assigned. • Identify visible plant stress, pest pressure, irrigation trouble, damaged stock, or label errors and report them promptly. • Set daily bedding-house priorities for watering, grooming, spacing, merchandising, replenishment, plant-quality checks, receiving, customer help, and safe movement of live inventory. • Guide and support bedding-house staff through opening, plant care, customer volume, shipment work, department organization, and closing while maintaining clear horticultural and service standards. • Monitor plant stress, irrigation needs, pests, damage, labels, displays, paths, carts, and supplies and coordinate corrective work before stock quality or customer safety is affected. How the work fits together Nursery priorities begin with living inventory: irrigation and plant-health checks cannot wait simply because another task is more convenient. Work then moves through production care, accurate organization, order or sales preparation, and cleanup. Careful labels and handling protect months of plant growth and ensure customers receive the correct material. At Louisiana Nursery, the employer also makes these role-specific priorities clear: Set daily bedding-house priorities for watering, grooming, spacing, merchandising, replenishment, plant-quality checks, receiving, customer help, and safe movement of live inventory. Guide and support bedding-house staff through opening, plant care, customer volume, shipment work, department organization, and closing while maintaining clear horticultural and service standards. Monitor plant stress, irrigation needs, pests, damage, labels, displays, paths, carts, and supplies and coordinate corrective work before stock quality or customer safety is affected. What the employer is looking for • Green-industry, retail plant nursery, floral, agriculture-study, or related experience is highly preferred, as is previous supervision in a retail setting, although the employer says these backgrounds are not mandatory. • Strong customer-service and interpersonal skills, readiness for heavy lifting and daily physical activity, and ability to work almost entirely outdoors throughout the year. • Dependable attendance, direct communication, and willingness to follow the employer's safety, quality, and customer- or production-care procedures. • Ability to complete the role's active, in-person work and to ask for instruction before using unfamiliar tools, equipment, products, or animal-handling methods. Schedule, conditions, and compensation This is a full-time, year-round, almost entirely outdoor position at the Perkins Road location. Compensation depends on experience and the employer describes pay and benefits as competitive, but no numeric wage, named benefit, fixed shift, or weekly schedule is published. The employer does not publish a numeric wage range on this page, so no compensation has been estimated. Applicants should confirm the final hours, overtime treatment, starting assignment, travel or reporting point, supplied equipment, and benefit eligibility directly with the employer before accepting an offer. This is an in-person horticulture and outdoor position with a small operation. Daily priorities can change with weather, plant or animal condition, equipment availability, customer schedules, and the season. The successful person should arrive ready to work, communicate early when a task or condition is unclear, follow the employer's safety and quality procedures, and leave tools, vehicles, production areas, and job sites secure and ready for the next shift. Applicants should expect active work that may include long periods of standing or walking, bending, lifting, repetitive hand tasks, noise, dust, mud, pollen, heat, cold, rain, or work around moving equipment. The exact physical demands differ by assignment. Candidates should discuss any accommodation needs with the employer and confirm the final schedule, overtime treatment, training period, travel expectations, and benefit eligibility before accepting an offer. Only compensation and benefits expressly published by the employer are included here; unpublished terms have not been estimated. How to apply Complete the online application on Louisiana Nursery's Bedding House Manager page, select the Perkins Road location, identify the role, and provide availability, desired salary, plant knowledge, and previous experience.