Careers at Falling Water Gardens
Falling Water Gardens is a growing destination nursery located in Monroe, Washington. We sell fish, aquatic plants, and other pond supplies, as well as annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, and hard-to-find specimen plants for collectors.
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Wedding Coordinator
We are an event venue with an immediate opening for a part-time Event Coordinator (7-24 hrs/week) to work at our Monroe Washington venue. Looking for more hours? Consider combining other part time positions currently available at our company.
Our venue is seasonal and the hours required for this position fluctuate with more hours available during our season and less hours off season. Our busy season is Spring and Summer. This position requires the Event Coordinator to be present during the beginning of each event to answer questions and help get our guests situated for their event. Events are usually scheduled on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10am until 11pm.
For more information on the venue itself, visit our wedding page.
General Job Description: The Event Venue Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day management of our event venue.
Tasks Include:
• Replying to leads generated through our marketing efforts.
• Creating and suggesting marketing programs to generate leads.
• Scheduling and leading tours of our venue.
• Negotiating contracts for the rental of our venue.
• Managing the timely collection of amounts due per our contracts.
• Being present during the early part of each daily rental to answer questions and help our clients resolve any issues before their event begins.
• Coordinate vendors making deliveries prior to events.
• Coordinate and assist with the creation of public-facing content promoting our venue.
• Engage and build social audiences across multiple channels.
• Monitoring and measuring the success of social media strategy (increased engagement, customer acquisition, website traffic, etc.)
• Identifying, analyzing, and reporting on social media trends to the venue owner.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to multi-task yet maintain close attention to detail and timeliness of work.
• Able to manage multiple projects.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Creative and constructive problem-solving skills.
• The ideal candidate has proven experience with contact relationship management and creating and curating quality content for major social channels.
Interested applicants should email resume and must answer the questions at the end of this ad. Please mention the “Venue Coordinator” position in the subject. Please, no phone inquiries.
Compensation: $21 to $25, plus bonus. DOE and abilities.
Job Type: Part-time
Benefits: goal-based bonus program.
Applications without the following questions answered will not be considered.
Question #1: What previous experience do you possess creating marketing content through social media channels?
Question #2: What previous experience do you have managing and tracking due dates for multiple projects and what software or systems do you use to track those due dates?
Nursery Sales Position
Our company has an immediate need for FULL OR PART-TIME SEASONAL nursery workers.
Enjoy working outside while developing your nursery skills and growing with a great, well-known company in Monroe, Washington.
Applicants who can demonstrate previous retail experience and/or plant knowledge are preferred. Previous retail sales experience is required.
This position assists the Nursery Manager in maintaining the plant material, surrounding gardens, and fish tanks. This is a very physical job requiring frequent lifting of 50 lbs. You must be able to work outside in rain or shine, cold or hot.
Tasks include:
- Assisting customers with purchases
- Stocking the benches and gift shop
- Digging, Edging, Mowing, Pruning, Planting, and Watering the nursery
Our nursery is open 7 days a week, from 10am till 6pm. You will be required to work AT LEAST ONE WEEKEND DAY per week.
Interested applicants should respond to this email with a resume and must answer the questions at the end of this ad. Please mention the Nursery Sales Position in your email. Please, no phone inquiries.
The position pays DOE. Nursery Sales $17-$21 per hour.
Applications without the following questions answered will not be considered.
Question #1: What applicable experience have you gained at previous jobs that you think will be helpful to our company?
Question #2: What has been your most physical job to date, or why do you think you will be able to handle a job as physical as this one?
Please answer the questions above and send your resume to info@fallingwaterdesigns.com.
Gardener Position
We are a destination nursery located in Monroe, Washington with many established garden beds and turf. Our company has an immediate need for PART-TIME or FULL-TIME SEASONAL gardeners.
Enjoy working outside while developing your nursery skills and growing with a great, well-known company in Monroe, Washington.
This position assists the Nursery Manager in maintaining the surrounding gardens, turf, and fish tanks. This is a very physical job requiring frequent lifting of 50 lbs. You must be able to work outside in rain or shine, cold or hot.
This position is primarily responsible for weeding, pruning, and planting new and established garden display beds throughout our nursery as well as maintaining the turf. This position requires frequent stooping, squatting, kneeling, bending, and twisting. This position requires an individual who can work without direct supervision and who can take initiative and keep busy.
Tasks include:
Digging, Weeding, Edging, Mowing, Pruning, Planting, Watering, Occasionally assisting customers with loading.
Our nursery is open 7 days a week, from 10am till 6pm. You will be required to work AT LEAST ONE WEEKEND DAY per week.
Interested applicants should respond to this email with a resume and must answer the questions at the end of this ad. Please mention the “Gardening Crew” position in your email. Please, no phone inquiries.
The position pays DOE. Gardening Crew $16.50-$20 per hour.
Applications without the following questions answered will not be considered.
Question #1: What applicable experience have you gained at previous jobs that you think will be helpful to our company?
Question #2: What has been your most physical job to date, or why do you think you will be able to handle a job as physical as this one?
Please answer the questions above and send your resume to info@fallingwaterdesigns.com.
Lead Gardener Position
Tasks include:
Interested applicants should respond to this email with a resume and must answer the questions at the end of this ad. Please mention the “Lead Gardener” position in your email. Please, no phone inquiries.
The position pays DOE. Gardening Crew $20-$26 per hour.
Applications without the following questions answered will not be considered.
Question #1: How many years of relevant experience do you have?
Question #2: What certifications, licenses, or training do you have?
Question #3: What makes you a good fit for this job?