Organic Garden Managers

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After realizing that a substantial portion of our users want direct help with their vegetable gardens, we created Smart Backyard (SmartBackyard.com) which connects inexperienced, fresh food enthusiasts with landscaping partners trained on our platform.

Our goal is to connect experienced, self-motivated organic garden managers with our landscaping partners. This is a unique opportunity to create, define, and manage an organic gardening division within an established landscaping company. Our partners are looking for select individuals to help us grow this area of their business.

Position Overview 

We are currently looking for enthusiastic knowledgeable organic garden managers. Smart Gardener is a multi-sided technology platform that connects inexperienced, fresh food enthusiasts with landscaping professionals that possess the expertise and resources to plan, build, manage, maintain, and harvest organic food gardens. 

We will consider full-time, part-time, and seasonal applications. Our partners are looking for entrepreneurial individuals to create and manage an organic food production divisions within their businesses. Our partners are primarily suburban and dispersed all over the Chicago land area. 

Responsibilities 

• The ideal candidate will also be able to interact with customers.
• Sell our partners services.
• Expand the services offered with new and old clients.
• Our partners will have a presence at local events (i.e. Farmers markets and sustainability themed events) where you would be expected to represent the company and its services.  

Qualifications  

• The candidate must be experienced and have a strong working knowledge in vegetable plant care and maintenance.
• Additional skills include companion and succession planting knowledge, organic pest and disease care and treatment, watering requirements, and plant stabilization methods including trellising, fencing, staking and more.
• You must have a good working knowledge of computers and be able to learn and execute on our proprietary software used in the commission of the work.
• This is physical outdoor work and includes some heavy lifting.
• Additional skills that are useful include experience with greenhouses, cold frames, hoop houses, chickens, and hive bee culture. 

Compensation: $13/hr-$20/hr depending on experience, but compensation, hours, and responsibility will be negotiated with our partners. 

To Apply

• Please click below: "Apply Now Online!" to send your resume and a cover letter.
• Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.
• Please include your location.
• If its a good fit we will connect you with a partner in your geographic area.
• Thanks for your time and consideration.

Peace and Carrots, 

The Smart Gardener Team