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Therapeutic Horticulture Program Coordinator
University of Florida — Wilmot Botanical Gardens
🌱 🪴 👨🌾
Gainesville, FL
Competitive
full time
Posted 5 days ago
About this job
The University of Florida is hiring a Therapeutic Horticulture Program Coordinator and Groundskeeper III for Wilmot Botanical Gardens in Gainesville. The role combines specialty-garden and nursery care with volunteer leadership, landscape planning, equipment upkeep, and daily stewardship of a healing-garden environment.
Responsibilities
• Coordinate, train, and work alongside volunteers, students, and other garden participants
• Help design garden spaces and select, install, and maintain appropriate plant material
• Care for specialty gardens, nursery plants, camellia collections, lawns, paths, and landscaped areas
• Mow, prune, weed, water, fertilize, mulch, and complete seasonal planting
• Apply herbicides or pesticides safely and maintain required records
• Monitor plant health, irrigation, water features, tools, equipment, and garden facilities
• Manage supplies, inventory, purchasing needs, and assigned budget information
• Operate and maintain landscape tools and equipment
• Keep public and program areas attractive, safe, accessible, and ready for therapeutic-horticulture activities
Qualifications
The minimum requirement is completion of ninth grade plus two years of appropriate experience. UF prefers candidates with four years of professional landscaping, public-garden, or garden-design experience. The position calls for strong horticultural judgment, dependable organization, respectful volunteer supervision, and the ability to complete physical outdoor work in changing weather.
The posted pay range is $19.16–$21.07 per hour. This is a full-time university position. Applications are due August 8, 2026. Apply through the University of Florida's official careers portal and follow its instructions for documents and employment history.
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