Assist retail customers in selecting and purchasing plant material, including trees, shrubs, evergreens, perennials, annuals and assorted garden products. Advise customers, verbally and through simple sketches, on where to place plants in their landscape. Maintain retail yard in an orderly manner, including restocking, plant pricing, labeling, watering, planting container gardens, pruning, and monitoring insects and diseases.
Qualifications: Two year Horticulture degree or equivalent experience. Basic knowledge of trees, shrubs, evergreens, annuals and perennials required, and a willingness to learn the extensive variety of ornamentals we carry. Applicants must be willing to give excellent service to our customers. Must be familiar with the characteristics and cultural requirements of the majority of plants which grow in this zone. The ability to communicate well with retail clients that require various levels of customer assistance.The ability to provide plant care, including unloading trucks, grooming plants, and watering, must be able to lift heavy flats, and to work in all weather conditions. We require evenings and weekends, especially in May and June. Availability during any store hours is essential.
| Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Contact: Garden Center Manager |
The Hawks Nursery Co., established in 1875, has been at its current location in Wauwatosa, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee) since 1923. At the high point of the season, Hawks employs more than 175 people. Hawks multi-level, state of the art facility includes:
· 11,500 sq. ft. full service Garden Center
· 2,400 S. F. landscape design office
· Full service vehicle and equipment repair facility
· Large warehousing and staging area
· Garden center, maintenance, nursery and landscape construction offices
Hawks provides a fine array of goods and services aimed at the discriminating buyer including:
· Landscape Design & Construction - Our Landscape Architects and Designers are able to design and direct the installation of landscapes of any complexity. Our construction crews install over four million dollars in landscaping each year.
· Landscape Maintenance - Our crews are experienced at handling all facets of landscape maintenance including fertilizations, bed care, turf management and technical tree and shrub care.
· Garden Center - Our retail garden center is able to full-fill the needs of all gardening enthusiasts. We carry a substantial variety of gardening gifts, tools and over 5,000 varieties of plant material.
· Retail Landscape Design - This area of the company handles small to medium size landscape planning and installation sales as well as design and sales for our do-it-yourself clientele.
· Nursery - Hawks purchases all of its plant material from premier growers through out the country. We handle over five million dollars worth of plants each year. The nursery staff receives, maintains and assembles all plant orders for the design/build and retail departments.
Hawks Nursery’s rapid growth has opened up many wonderful job opportunities in each of our departments.
At Hawks, we care about the health of our employees and customers; therefore we do not allow smoking on any Hawks or customer property.