Nursery & Garden Center Associate

Clegg's Nursery is hiring for the Nursery & Garden Center Associate 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. • Check, water, groom, space, label, and organize assigned trees, shrubs, flowers, houseplants, vegetables, herbs, or garden displays according to plant needs and store direction. • Welcome customers, listen carefully to their garden questions, locate products, provide information within training, and involve an experienced nursery associate when plant diagnosis or recommendations exceed current knowledge. • Receive, move, stage, restock, and load plants and garden materials safely while keeping hoses, carts, benches, paths, work areas, and customer spaces clean and accessible. 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 Clegg's Nursery, the employer also makes these role-specific priorities clear: Check, water, groom, space, label, and organize assigned trees, shrubs, flowers, houseplants, vegetables, herbs, or garden displays according to plant needs and store direction. Welcome customers, listen carefully to their garden questions, locate products, provide information within training, and involve an experienced nursery associate when plant diagnosis or recommendations exceed current knowledge. Receive, move, stage, restock, and load plants and garden materials safely while keeping hoses, carts, benches, paths, work areas, and customer spaces clean and accessible. What the employer is looking for • Friendly, dependable work habits and an interest in plants, gardening, customer service, and contributing to a hardworking local nursery team. • Willingness to learn from experienced associates, work on foot around outdoor plant inventory, handle assigned lifting and weather exposure, and maintain careful plant and customer-property handling. • 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 Clegg's currently accepts in-store employment applications but does not publish numeric pay, benefit details, employment classification, exact weekly hours, or a closing date. Its stores operate Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; the final employee schedule must be confirmed with the selected location. 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 Visit the preferred Clegg's Nursery location, introduce yourself, and complete the in-store employment application. The employer states that applications cannot be completed online; info@cleggsnursery.com is available for location questions.