The Garden Coordinator is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, restoring, cultivating, caring, and management in mostly native open space/hybrid park landscapes, and developing the gardens and grounds located on the 15+ acre Fayette Environmental Education Center property that includes a pollinator garden, Japanese Garden, shade gardens, herb garden, craft garden, and future botanical garden, community garden, and food forest at the Southern Conservation Trust (SCT). 

Garden & Plant Care (60%)

• Design and construct public gardens at the direction of the Executive Director & Director of Nature Center.
• Maintain gardens and structures ensuring optimal visitor experience.
• Monitor tree and plant health throughout the gardens, rectifying issues in a timely manner.
• Identify and maintain accurate plant records and inventory.
• Maintain and manage small greenhouse and propagate plants for gardens.
• Developed a food production and donation program with the Director of Nature Center.
• Work with Volunteer Coordinator to schedule and train garden volunteers.
• Collaborate with the Park Team on projects and maintaining equipment and tool inventory for nature center property.
• Direct and perform spraying of herbicides and fertilizing as needed.
• Direct and perform restoration and management of open space natural areas and wildlife habitats including growing, seedling, transplanting, cultivating, or weed management
• Prepare, fertilize, amend, or condition soils for different types of plants or plant communities
• Prepare reports and maintain records of plant maintenance, weed management, and/or restoration activities
• Spraying and recording noxious and invasive weeds in both natural areas and traditional turf
• Manages minor construction and repairs in the garden
• Performs grounds maintenance as needed: clears brush; picks up and removes litter; empties garbage cans and changes trash liners
• Performs FEEC opening and closing procedures as needed
• Operates and maintains a variety of equipment, such as vehicles, mowers, tractors, aerators, hand and power tools, rakes, edgers, weed eaters, chainsaws, chippers, sprayers, etc
• Performs administrative tasks, such as ordering and purchasing supplies, preparing reports, writing up, monitoring gardens, completing fixed asset inventories, etc.
• Assists the Director of the Nature Center with budget preparation and implementation in regard to gardens

Education (30%)

• Assist the Environmental Education Program Manager with educational programs as needed
• Assist the Animal Care & Volunteer Coordinator as needed.

Other (10%)

• Support other SCT planting projects as needed.
• Identify funding needs in partnership with the Fundraising Manager and Director of FEEC.
• Provide general support for FEEC s during peak periods.
• Carries out any additional assignments required to fulfill the Mission of the Southern Conservation Trust