Seasonal Education Horticulture Assistant

Position Title: Seasonal Education Horticulture Assistant

Department: Education

Reports to: Childrens Garden Co-coordinators

FLSA Status: Part-time Seasonal Non-Exempt

Compensation:$26 per hour

Position Description:

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Childrens Education programs are renowned for teaching hands-on gardening and plant science to young people. The Education horticulture assistant performs gardening watering mowing pest management and related work to support programs and gardens for BBGs Education department. The Education horticulture assistant primarily works in two education spaces: the Childrens Garden and the Education Greenhouse.

Schedule:

• March 10November 4 2026
• Saturdays through Wednesdays 35 hours per week; 7:30 a.m.3 p.m. 7 hours per day (some flexibility during certain seasons/days)

Childrens Garden:

• Assist Childrens Garden coordinators with various gardening tasks including sowing seeds planting fertilizing weeding mulching bed preparation pruning composting deadheading maintaining perennial beds etc.
• Mow and maintain grass pathways and lawns in Childrens Garden.
• Water field planters and seedlings as needed.
• Assist with Integrated Pest Management as needed.
• Work alongside horticulture volunteers and advise/answer questions when needed.
• On occasion help with horticulture-related tasks (greenhouse & tool room organization tool cleaning glove washing plant research etc.).

Education Greenhouse:

• Water on weekends.
• Assist with seedling starting and stepping up for education programs as needed.
• Perform occasional horticultural tasks assist with IPM in Education Greenhouse as needed.

Qualifications:

• Experience and/or education in horticulture or gardening
• Pest identification skills and knowledge of control methods
• Ability to perform physical labor and work outdoors in various weather conditions
• Ability to work both unsupervised and in tandem with colleagues
• Effective oral communication skills
• Must be able to lift and carry potted plants and equipment

Work Environment:

• The Childrens Garden is a space where children 2 to 17 years old can plant their own crops and flowers and harvest them under the guidance of garden instructors. The space is a large outdoor field with garden beds raised beds and compost bins surrounded by grass paths.
• The Education Greenhouse space consists of three sections representing and containing desert temperate and tropical plant collections. Although it is an indoor collection during the year the space may be quite chilly or hot.
• Some weekend days will be worked independently.

Benefits:

• BBG offers certain benefits to part-time employees including:
  
  
  • Up to 56 hours of sick leave
  • Short-term disability/New York Paid Family Leave
    
    
• As a 501(c)3 BBG is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
• Museum Pass which provides employees the opportunity to enter many museums in New York City for free

To be considered for this position please submit an application by clicking Applybelow. Applications submitted without a résumé and cover letter will not be considered.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.