Experienced Gardener / Horticulture Technician
Augusta Lawn Care of Delta is hiring a full-time or part-time seasonal Experienced Gardener / Horticulture Technician to join our property maintenance team.
This hands-on outdoor role focuses on garden-bed maintenance, plant care, pruning, planting, seasonal care, and maintaining a high standard of property presentation.
Most work will be completed on strata properties and at a large private estate, with additional work at residential homes.
We are looking for an experienced gardener or horticulture professional who understands plants, takes pride in detailed work, communicates well, and can maintain a productive pace without sacrificing quality. Relevant professional experience is required. Formal horticultural education is an asset, but is not required.
Augusta is a professional, growing landscape company with clear expectations and a positive, team-first culture. We work hard, support each other, and have a good time doing it. Many of our team members return year after year because they enjoy the people they work with and feel their work is valued. We also hold team events throughout the season.
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Pay and Benefits
- Starting pay of $24 to $30 per hour, depending on experience, plant knowledge, judgment, productivity, and ability to work independently
- $150 new-hire bonus paid on your first paycheque
- Health Care Spending Account eligibility after three months for qualifying employees
- Opportunity to participate in profit sharing
- Attendance and performance bonus opportunities
- Training and opportunities for increased responsibility
- Employee referral bonuses
- On-site parking
- A take-home company vehicle may be available for the right candidate, depending on location, driving ability, responsibilities, and business needs
Candidates at the higher end of the range should bring strong plant knowledge, sound pruning and plant-care judgment, confident client communication, and the ability to manage garden work with limited supervision.
Some planting or enhancement work may also qualify for additional performance-based pay.
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Schedule
- Full-time or part-time seasonal work
- Monday to Friday
- Full-time employees will generally work five days per week
- Part-time applicants should be available for three or four consistent full days per week
- Optional Saturday work may occasionally be available
- Crews meet at our South Delta location between Ladner and Tsawwassen, just off Highway 17, before travelling to job sites
- This is primarily a seasonal position. Strong employees may be offered reduced winter hours and the opportunity to return the following season
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What You Will Do
- Maintain garden beds through weeding, deadheading, cutting back, and seasonal care
- Prune shrubs, perennials, ornamental plants, and small trees
- Identify common landscape plants and flag plant-health concerns
- Assist with planting, transplanting, soil improvement, and garden enhancements
- Monitor gardens and recommend follow-up work
- Maintain clean bed edges and a high standard of property presentation
- Communicate professionally with clients, coworkers, and supervisors
- Operate and care for gardening and landscaping tools
- Work independently and as part of the broader maintenance team
- Depending on experience, complete hedge trimming, shaping, and more advanced pruning
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What We Are Looking For
- Practical knowledge of plant care, garden-bed maintenance, and routine pruning
- Reliable, punctual, and consistent
- Able to balance detailed work with a productive pace
- Good judgment and willingness to ask when unsure
- Coachable, humble, and open to feedback
- Comfortable performing physical outdoor work in changing weather
- Valid BC driver’s licence
- Reliable transportation to our South Delta meeting location
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Additional Assets
- Hedging or advanced pruning experience
- Broad plant identification knowledge
- Pest and disease, soil, irrigation, or planting knowledge
- Experience driving company trucks or trailers
- Strong client communication or leadership experience
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Why Join Augusta?
Our mission is to raise the level of professionalism in the lawn care and landscape industry.
We hire for character, reliability, work ethic, attitude, and humility, not just technical knowledge.
Our team values:
- Constant improvement
- Being humble and teachable
- Doing more with less
- Putting the team and others first
- Figuring things out
- Taking pride in the Augusta brand
For the right person, this role may grow into senior gardening, estate-care, horticulture-lead, or department leadership responsibilities.
This is a good fit for an experienced gardener who enjoys maintaining beautiful properties, takes pride in thoughtful plant care, and wants their knowledge and quality of work to be valued.
Apply with your resume and a brief note outlining your weekly availability and your relevant gardening, horticulture, nursery, pruning, planting, or plant-care experience.
Pay: $24.00-$30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Profit sharing
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Delta, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- gardening, horticulture, or plant care: 1 year (required)
Language:
Licence/Certification:
- Valid BC Class 5 or N driver’s licence (required)
Work Location: In person
