Greenhouse Horticulture Team Member

Michler's Florist, Greenhouses & Garden Design is hiring for the Greenhouse Horticulture Team Member position in Lexington, KY. 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 • Seed, transplant, space, prune, trellis, irrigate, harvest, or pack greenhouse crops according to the production plan. • Check environmental, irrigation, sanitation, and crop conditions and communicate deviations promptly. • Clean and organize tools, benches, channels, harvest containers, and production areas according to food- or plant-safety rules. • Care for greenhouse flowers and plants through assigned watering, potting, spacing, grooming, moving, and production tasks using the greenhouse team's current standards. • Move soil bags, flower buckets, plants, tools, and supplies carefully between work areas while keeping paths, benches, pots, and growing spaces clean and usable. • Cross-train in related floristry, delivery, or garden tasks as business needs change, while preserving plant quality and asking for guidance before unfamiliar horticultural work. How the work fits together Controlled-environment work is still driven by living crops. Employees begin with irrigation, climate, and crop-health checks, then complete scheduled propagation, cultural care, harvest, packing, and sanitation. Accurate observations and records help the small team respond before a minor equipment or crop issue becomes a production loss. At Michler's Florist, Greenhouses & Garden Design, the employer also makes these role-specific priorities clear: Care for greenhouse flowers and plants through assigned watering, potting, spacing, grooming, moving, and production tasks using the greenhouse team's current standards. Move soil bags, flower buckets, plants, tools, and supplies carefully between work areas while keeping paths, benches, pots, and growing spaces clean and usable. Cross-train in related floristry, delivery, or garden tasks as business needs change, while preserving plant quality and asking for guidance before unfamiliar horticultural work. What the employer is looking for • Interest in building a career around plants and flowers; relevant horticulture, floristry, art, design, traditional craft, carpentry, or equipment-maintenance experience is useful but not required. • Full-time availability including weekends, stamina for long periods standing and moving, and ability to handle physical work such as carrying 50-pound soil bags in a hot summer greenhouse. • 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 All Michler's jobs are full-time and require weekend availability. The employer reports that most employees start at $15 per hour and that 2025 full-time earnings ranged from $30,000–$37,000 for new team members, $38,000–$47,000 for experienced team members, and $48,000–$57,000 for leads. Full-time staff receive two weeks of paid time off, while the exact starting level and schedule depend on the opening and experience. The employer publishes starting compensation of $15 per hour; no upper limit is stated. 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 Apply to Join the Team application linked from Michler's direct careers page and use flora@michlers.com for employer questions.